2024 Executive Leadership Certification in Drone Risk Assessment (32 CPEs): - Preliminary Detailed Course of Instruction

Two (2) Certificates: 32 CPEs by ASIS International – Currently the ONLY CUAS Planner’s Course

Directly linked to the planning- Students gain a better understanding of the fast-paced evolution of commercial drones and how to begin implementation of the "air domain" in your security approach and program.

Students will learn how to develop a plan for active offensive countermeasures which are applicable across markets and venues. We have students from all branches of service, emergency planners, law enforcement at the local and federal level, and more. Our students will be conducting actual vulnerability assessments using actual critical infrastructure sites. The DVRA produced will serve as the bedrock of a comprehensive drone risk mitigation strategy and seamlessly integrate with existing business security programs.

Attend the only training on the market where students will conduct hands-on a) critical asset protection planning (commercial), b) protection-level resource planning (military), c) emergency planning, and d) active CUAS counteroffensive measures, by world-renowned experts at the senior and executive levels of intelligence, C/UAS, and special operations forces.

PRICING:

*This low pricing for (July, 2024) summer sessions are for this time only as we build out course awareness. Note that prices will be going up significantly for future offerings.*

We are offering a low cost rate housing/meal package for students who want to stay on campus.

ASIS Certificates in Drone Risk Assessment - worth 32 CPEs:    $800.00

Note:  Rooms for the first session of July 08-11th are no longer available.
Rooms for the second session of July 15-18th must be reserved by July 10th.  

Campus Room/Meal add-on package (4 days fully paid):              $950.00


CERTIFICATE 1 - SECURITY/UAS (SUAS) ECOSYSTEM AND LAW. (1 day – 8 hours)

Professionals will be updated on counter-UAS and law in the s/UAS ecosystem in addition to technological familiarization and updates regarding Ukraine and Gaza to include the manner in those conflicts and related commercialization and the war is changing the s/UAS landscape. Knowledge test and exam at the end = 8-hour certificate

  1. Focus is on law and the technology ecosystem as it pertains to detection, mitigation, and options for interdiction while understanding and reinforcing laws associated with the technology.
  2. 1-day course is prerequisite to subsequent certificate on Drone Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (DVRA), Drone Emergency Response Planning (DERP), and Left of UAS launch – course on offensive c/UAS measures

CERTIFICATE 2 - DRONE VULNERABILITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT (DVRA). (3 days – 24 hours) – From Three (3) perspectives: Technology, Planning, and Offensive Countermeasures (TTPs | Integration)

Drone vulnerability/risk assessment and practical exercises (hands-on training with takeaways)

Approaching CUAS from the perspective of defense, technology, and planning from the perspective of

  1. Current and upcoming technologies in CUAS – presented by instructors and sponsors.
  2. Learning how to plan and conduct Drone Vulnerability assessments, given the aerial threat from the 3-dimensional vector, and risk assessments to critical and protection-level assets.
  3. How to conduct planning to include elements that can be used to build:
    • Critical Asset Protection Planning (commercial sector),
  4. Anti-Terrorism/ Force Protection and Military Planning (NPP/JPPA/MPP/MDMP/JPP)
  5. Emergency Response Planning (integrated into ICS/NIMS and local asset protection/response plans)
  6. Student teams (10-12) will conduct actual DVRAs using on-site mini-critical infrastructures (e.g., electrical substation, stadium and field for mass gathering events, water substation, server areas, etc.) – 8 hours day, 2 hours night
  7. Students will present their plans for critique, evaluation, and be able to take those plans back to their organizations to serve as a template to adapt to their own protection plans.




For technical and registration support, please contact patricia.larrison@cnu.edu

COL(R) Bill Edwards, CPP, PSP, PCI, CPD
Link to full bio/CV
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COL (R) Bill Edwards serves as the Executive Vice President of Security Services for PMY Group and is CEO/Owner of Phoenix 6 Consulting LLC. Previously he served as President of Federal and Public Safety at Building Intelligence, Inc., and as a Principal of Security Services at Thornton Tomasetti. Bill has over 35+ years combined expertise in security, safety, emergency preparedness, counterterrorism, and intelligence operations, to include operational, technical, and electronic security consulting counterintelligence, surveillance, and counter-surveillance across private, commercial, and government industries. As a senior leader in Theater Special Operations Command -North, Bill led the intelligence directorate in a multi-agency, multi-national, and coalition environment creating synergy and collaboration between organizations to achieve mission requirements. He is regularly sought out for expert advice in various vertical markets related to sUAS (drones), including vulnerability and risk assessment, emergency response planning, cUAS and Law, and Left of sUAS Launch planning. Bill also specializes in threat, vulnerability, and risk assessment (TVRA), electronic security system design (ESD), security operations center design (SOC), cybersecurity TVRA, electronic security audits, and red teaming. A respected thought leader, Bill is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and ASIS Physical Security Council’s Emerging Technology Committee and named a 2020 Power Player by Sports Business Journal.

Bill was previously nominated for a Presidential Appointment in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is only one of 200 security professionals worldwide certified as an ASIS “Triple Crown” professional and is an ASIS International preferred CPE provider related to drone and security training. Bill is also the author of Inside Abu Ghraib: Memoirs of Two U.S. Military Intelligence Officers, based on his experiences in the Iraq War in 2003-2004, and has over 100 security and leadership articles published through Forbes, ASIS International, Security Industry Association, and Utility Security. He also Commanded in Iraq in 2010 -2011 leading his unit in a complex area of operations while providing and maintaining area and large base security on multiple installations. Bill has conducted many podcasts and webinars, to include most recently with the Irregular Warfare Initiative at West Point’s Modern War Institute, focused on the evolution of sUAS (Drone) technology and its impact on security and is routinely invited to speak at nationally attended security industry symposiums. He is a licensed FAA Part 107 Drone Operator. His past work includes high-profile projects in government, transportation, critical infrastructure, and public mass gathering facilities and venues

STEPHAN MASSON, CPD
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Stephan Masson, CPD, is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer with more than 30 years of combined military and civilian experience in the security industry. He has planned and executed global operations in regions that include Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe. He’s planned and executed overt and covert assessments to implementing mitigation measures to enhance physical and technical security, to crafting security policy. A seasoned veteran of the 10th Special Forces Group (intelligence, engineering, Operational Detachment Commander), he commanded detachments that deployed fixed-wing drones to scan for Lord’s Resistance Army activity from 2012 to 2014 in the jungles of Africa. In transitioning to the private sector, Stephan has worked in roles ranging from electronic security design to Vice President of Security Services. He is a licensed FAA Part 107 remote pilot and is a sought-out expert on crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS), and counter-sUAS response and planning.


For technical and registration support, please contact patricia.larrison@cnu.edu

CNU Security and sUAS (Drone) Executive Certification Program: Detailed Course of Instruction


For technical and registration support, please contact patricia.larrison@cnu.edu

For a downloadable campus map click here

Directions to Campus:
The conference will take at Christopher Newport University, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA. 23606. Click here for directions to Campus

Parking:
Please park in Christopher Newport University's Visitor Lot (parking lot B). There will be additional parking available in the parking deck (bldg 13). If you are staying on campus, you can park in the Dorm parking area.

Housing/Dorms:
We are offering a reduced rate housing/meal package for students who want to stay on campus.
Those who sign up will be assigned a room upon arrival.

Classes:
Classes will be held in the McMurran Hall (bldg 4 on the above map).


For technical and registration support, please contact patricia.larrison@cnu.edu

Click here to REGISTER FOR CLASS

We have students from all branches of military service, emergency planners, law enforcement at the local and federal level, and more. Our students will be conducting actual vulnerability assessments using actual critical infrastructure sites. This training provides a structured approach to assessment and introduces basic concepts to kickstart students’ ability to incorporate into their security program. This phase is particularly beneficial for government operators of counter-unmanned systems as well as private-sector businesses looking to incorporate the "air domain" into their security protocols.

The DVRA produced will serve as the bedrock of a comprehensive drone risk mitigation strategy and seamlessly integrate with existing business security programs. It is further designed to lay a solid foundation upon which to build further planning related to emergency response planning to include ‘left-of-UAS-launch’ threat mitigation and response.

*This low pricing for (July, 2024) summer sessions are for this time only as we build out course awareness. Note that prices will be going up significantly for future offerings.*

We are offering a low cost rate housing/meal package for students who want to stay on campus.

ASIS Certificates in Drone Risk Assessment - worth 32 CPEs:       $800.00

Note: Rooms for the first session of July 08-11th are no longer available.
Rooms for the second session of July 15-18th must be reserved by July 10th.

Campus Room/Meal add-on package (4 days fully paid):              $950.00



For technical and registration support, please contact patricia.larrison@cnu.edu



We welcome you to join our team and the opportunity to showcase your products and services!

We've partnered with PMY Group, Neptune Enterprises, Echodyne, Phoenix 6, LandSkyAI, D-Fend Solutions, IP Convergence Corporation and Squarehead technologies to bring you the only counter small UAS Planner’s Course on the market.
Please see below on new partners, sponsors, students, and their agencies.

New Partners | Sponsor Websites:

1. https://www.echodyne.com/
2. https://www.pmygroup.com/
3. https://www.phoenix6consulting.com/
4. https://www.landsky.ai/
5. https://www.sqhead.com/drone-detection
6. https://d-fendsolutions.com/
7. https://ip-convergence.com/contactipc/

Students comprising CUAS operators and senior decision makers from the following (LISTED INDIVIDUALLY BELOW WITH EQUITIES):


1. JCO Office of Strategy and Policy - writing all strategy and policy as DoD executive agent for autonomous systems – evaluating to determine if course can be used as overflow for JCU and reference for allies and partnerships

2. CISA - Chief of the C-sUAS Working Group (https://www.cisa.gov/)

3. US Marine Corps Security Forces Battalion - C-sUAS Working Group

4. Navy Expeditionary Warfighting Development Center/NEXWDC (NECC) - writing CONOPS for Naval Autonomous Systems

5. Corps Solutions - in support of Navy/Marine Corps equities in this space and writing the CONOPs for the Navy - C-sUAS Working Group

6. US Fleet Forces (NAVNORTH/NAVSTRAT) - decision makers on autonomous systems - C-sUAS Working Group

7. USSOCOM is sending people to integrate this course into their permanent training pipeline for autonomous systems

8. Army ATO School - USAMPS Force Protection Division - writing all installation plans and teaching to all of DoD for installation security related to autonomous systems

9. US Air Force HQ Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) - Chief, Operations Branch & Training

10. Army 10th Mtn. Div. - Employment for the Army for Autonomous systems

11. US Coast Guard MSRT - Office of the CMDT - to write all policy for autonomous systems - C-sUAS Working Group

12. United States Marine Corps Intelligence Schools – Instructors, Squadron Intelligence Training Certification Course (SITC

13. US Space Force/ FP - C-sUAS Working Group working group to centralize C-sUAS joint planning

14. NASA Security Office - C-sUAS Working Group

15. US Air Force Security Forces Center (USSFC) - putting together a working group using our course as the centralizing material

16. 633 Security Forces Squadron - Joint Base Langley Eustis - C-sUAS section

17. Echodyne – leader in C-sUAS

18. SIMIS - has the prime IDIQ on all Navy autonomous systems

19. KBR -– CNIC CUAS Working Group

20. US Army Military Police School Force Protection Division - responsible for ATO across the joint force and integrating C-sUAS into AT/FP

21. Federal Air Marshal Service - CUAS Working Group

22. Transportation and Safety Administration - CUAS Working Group

23. US Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment – CUAS Working Group

24. Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC), AT/FP - focused on autonomous systems integrated into force protection CUAS WG

25. KBR Group - CNIC CUAS Working Group

26. NORAD/USNORTHCOM Working Group (both weeks)

27. Booz Allen – in support of US NORAD/NORTCOM equities

28. Sentinel Robotics Solutions – Provides C-sUAS training for all Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Electric Co-ops (VDAEC)

29. United States Marine Corps MAGTF Planner School - C-sUAS working group

30. NCIS - Naval Criminal Investigative Service - C-sUAS working group

31. NASA Office of Protective Services (O.P.S.) – C-sUAS working group

AND THE LIST IS GROWING!

Click here if you or your organization is interested in Partnership/ Sponsorship (click here) opportunities.

For technical and registration support, please contact patricia.larrison@cnu.edu