What do I want my adversaries to do?
If you need to ask yourself that question – you need to take one of our world class deceptive thinking skills courses
The Courses
The following training packages are currently available. Should you have a different specialist requirement, please do not hesitate to contact us directly to discuss how we can support your needs.
We deliver our courses all around the world. Get in touch to find out when we are running one near to you.
Changing the behaviour of your enemies and competitors in an adversarial context is not an easy challenge. However, it’s not as though you have a choice… and we can give you the tools you need to meet that challenge.
Artifice Ltd is a specialised training and consultancy company. Most of our work supports specialist teams tasked with national security. We also deliver bespoke services to corporations, elite sportspeople and the creative industries.
Our courses and consultancy services all exploit the Artifice™ System for deceptive thinking. This rigorously developed set of models and support tools is the result of many years of development and application.
Artifice proudly supports
The National Cyber Deception Laboratory
Hosted by the UK MoD’s Defence Academy and Defence Cyber Academy.
The UK’s National Cyber Deception Laboratory will explore how technical assets such as honeypots and honey-tokens can be used to spy on and manipulate the activities of network attackers. Find out more
The Artifice System for Deceptive Thinking
Generates creative solutions to challenging problems
Supports the conception of activities outside of the target’s ability to make sense of what is really happening
Facilitates thinking outside the knowledge, mindset, and imagination of the target
Combines insight, cunning, creativity, simplicity and elegance
The Artifice System fills a void in current tools and techniques for adversary planning. I will use this in every element of leading my operational teams.”
US CourseAwesome course! A must for Field-grade and Senior Commissioned Officers. Many applications in Strategic Planning and effective implementation of military plans. Well executed. Operational Commanders will need this training.”
US CourseThe framework provides a more methodical approach than we currently use. Really breaking down the steps will help us to consider the problem more fully.”
US CourseFantastically useful course programme for deception. Great benefits for the intelligence world and would thoroughly recommend the course to anyone looking to improve their understanding of the deception process.”
UK CourseSolid informative framework to use when developing operations by using detailed modelling and concise language. Will certainly have a major impact on my future work and simplification of ops planning.”
UK CourseThe course provided a methodology which makes you focus on what you actually want to achieve and how you might do it. I will be using this in the future.”
UK CourseThis is hands down the most organized class I have taken since being operational. It’s not just about deception but how to think and then how to convey ideas to colleagues.”
US CourseCurrently it is the only course that is most closely applicable to my role, and I plan to send my subordinate planners, and recommend it in the strongest terms to my peers. It is fantastic.”
UK Course