The CARVER Mindset: Learn to Think Like a Spy (ONLINE)
Perform a personal assessment of your situational awareness skills, while reading others to determine their motivations and susceptibility to persuasion. The perfect way to learn to identify threats and vulnerabilities all around you in this entertaining online course.
The Fundamentals of the CARVER Methodology (ONLINE)
Learn the basics of the time-tested CARVER Methodology in order to make smarter and faster decisions under duress. This online course provides a foundation for understanding one of the most useful analytical tools for determining risks, using a measurable formula.
The CARVER Target Analysis & Vulnerability Assessment Training Course (LIVE)
The premier 3-day course for those looking for advanced security assessment skills. Successful completion of this popular training includes a certificate from the University of South Florida and an official designation as a Certified CARVER Assessment Professional (CCAP).
CARVER Leadership (LIVE)
Become a more strategic thinker and build and lead stronger teams in this highly interactive live day and a half course. Taught by industry leaders on the subject, this is a unique take on leadership utilizing the CARVER perspective and is perfect for those who must lead in the boardroom, war room, or the locker room.
4 Impactful Courses / 2 Enriching Certifications
The CARVER Training Institute offers the following unique courses:
- CARVER Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Course
- CARVER Leadership Course
- CARVER Cognizant Security Strategy Course
- CARVER Mindset Course
Earn your certification from the University of South Florida, as we as other accreditations, to become a:
- Certified CARVER Assessment Professional (CCAP)
- CARVER Master Practitioner (CMP)
"CARVER Washington DC" October 14-16
Earn you Certified CARVER Assessment Professional (CCAP) designation in the DC Metro area from October 14-16. Enjoy 2.5 days of intense CARVER training at the newly renovated Westin Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
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How to Make Better Strategic Decisions Using CARVER
Start here for a brief overview of how the CIA's CARVER Methodology can help you better assess threats and vulnerabilities, enhance your situational awareness, and make better strategic decisions.
The CARVER Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology is a time-tested vulnerability assessment methodology that balances efficiency with reliability.
It is a unique analytical tool because it facilitates both a qualitative and a quantitative assessment of an asset’s vulnerabilities. Most assessment tools are limited to qualitative assessments. A quantitative assessment assists in highlighting vulnerabilities, prioritizing assets and remedial efforts.
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The world is becoming a more dangerous place... let's begin your journey to become a more strategic decision-maker.
At the CARVER Training Institute, we believe that hope is an expensive commodity; it makes better sense to be prepared. That's why, for more than two decades, we have developed and refined our CARVER Methodology courses. CARVER not only helps you identify threats before they become a problem, but it also assists in identifying vulnerabilities in people, places, and things so you can exploit those weaknesses for your own strategic advantage.
Comprehensive Executive Programs
The University of South Florida Security Training Collaborative (USF-STC) and the CARVER Training Institute offers senior security, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence practitioners four different programs that advance analytical, strategic, leadership, and critical decision-making skills. Our practical delivery programs are for professionals who are seeking a disruptive way of thinking, based upon a time-tested, qualitative and quantitative process.
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Are You Ready to Learn the Targeting/Assessment Methodology Utilized by the CIA and Special Operations Community?
The CARVER Training Institute is the security industry's leader in the CARVER Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology.
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Top Ten Reasons to Hold a Private CARVER Course for Your Team
At CTI, we specialize in delivering private - often customized - CARVER courses for our clients, both in the United States and abroad. The benefits of private courses include:
- Train more people at a deeply discounted rate
- Minimize travel costs and downtime
- Allows flexibility around training dates
- Puts focus on industry specific issues and case studies
- Conduct assessment training on your own infrastructure
- Ensures confidentiality and security during Q&A sessions
- Provides leadership with visibility and engagement
- Encourages team-cohesion
- Develops a shared internal language for the team
- Maintains scalable and repeatable training
NOTE - we also provide keynote speaking through our various instructors.
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