Testimonials

Awesome 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 Course 2019
10/10. This course fired up my brain and shifted gears to start analysing in a more effective and ‘out of the box’ way.”
US Course 2019
One of, if not the best courses of instruction I have received in my 21-year career. Provides the best analysis and planning models for human factors I’ve observed.”
US Course 2019
Brilliant course and well presented. I feel that the elements presented to me will make me more effective in my role. I’d recommend it to the rest of my team.”
UK Course 2019
The knowledge gained in this course will absolutely be beneficial to enabling successful operations in cyberspace.”
UK Course 2020
I consider myself to be a technical operator within the cyber effort. This course highlighted the need to examine the softer skillset of deception and its place in the wider effort.”
UK Course 2021
This 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 Course 2019
Currently 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 2020
Exceptional course! Simply and smartly executed with direct application to multiple focus areas. This course will show you how brilliant and accessible influence and deception strategies can be applied operationally.”
US Course 2017
An exceptionally well-delivered system that provided new insights, rigour and structure to established planning methods. Course materials were clear, concise and invaluable to continued development of newly acquired skills.”
UK Course 2018
The 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 Course 2018
The 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 Course 2019
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 Course 2019
The course has provided me with a method to break down and clarify my thinking around operational problems of all kinds, not just influence and deception.”
UK Course 2018
Solid 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 Course 2018
“The course was absolutely enlightening. It has provided me with a good foundation for the principles of IO [Information Operations] in a way that we [the US military] have lost sight of.”
US Course 2019
“Awesome 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 Course 2019
“This system is clearly a distillation of many hundreds of hours learning and research – but presented with a clarity and a depth that allows the user to apply the relevant parts. I am buzzing with ideas about how I can apply this!”
UK Course 2018
“It has made me think more on influencing and deception in general and linked with real life examples. The course is useful for those working in and around cyber as the cyber/real world crosses over.”
UK Course 2018
“One of, if not the best, courses of instruction I have received in my 21-year career. Provides the best analysis and planning models for human factors I’ve observed. Fills a void in current tools and techniques for adversary planning. I will use this in every element of leading my operational teams.”
US Course 2019
“I think I am leaving the course with a completely different mindset. On how situations and decisions are planned out and more efficient ways of communicating my ideas and plans. Most definitely the best put together class that I have been to, every day was planned and taught very well. Your (Artifice’s) way of communicating your thought process presented with stats and facts was very helpful.”
US Course 2019
“All of my colleagues who go through ‘US Govt Org X’ would benefit from this course.”
US Course 2017