Without data, you're just another person with an opinion." - W. Edwards Demming

CARVER Decision Advantage Access™

Be the person in the room who sees risk before everyone else does.

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The Course that Will Redefine Your Leadership Style


Master the same methodology used by CIA operators, military planners, and Fortune 500 security teams - so you can identify risk faster, prioritize what matters, and act with precision under pressure.  Earn a recognized credential from the CARVER Training Institute and the Unviersity of South Florida Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education.

THIS IS NOT ANOTHER ONLINE COURSE!  This a a system for decision superiority.  If you're seeing this page, you've been hand-selected for access.  Once this window closes, it's gone.

 

YOUR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM INCLUDES:

 

  • CARVER Essentials™ Course - learn the foundation of intelligence-driven decision-making

  • CARVER Mindset™ Course - Train yourself to think like an intelligence professional

  • CCMA Certification Exam (25 Questions) - Earn your Certified CARVER Mindset Analyst™ (CCMA) credential

  • $1,000 Credit Toward Live Training - Apply this toward CARVER TAVA, CARVER Stratagem™, or CARVER Decision War Room™ Workshops (most people put this toward their CCAP certification)

  • Entry into the CARVER Certification Track - Begin your pathway toward CCAP and CCMP

  • USF-CTPE Backed Recognition Pathway - Digital credential + professional credibility 

 

Total Value: $1,500+

Today: $297

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CARVER Essentials™ Overview

CARVER Essentials™ is your entry point into the intelligence-driven decision-making system used by CIA officers, military planners, and high-level security professionals. In this fast, focused course, you’ll learn the foundational principles of the CARVER methodology—how to break down complex situations, identify what truly matters, and evaluate risk and opportunity with clarity. Rather than relying on instinct or outdated frameworks, CARVER gives you a structured way to think, analyze, and act with precision under pressure.  

By the end of this course, you’ll have a repeatable mental model for navigating uncertainty—whether you’re making business decisions, assessing threats, or prioritizing competing objectives. CARVER Essentials equips you to move from reactive thinking to proactive control, giving you the ability to see critical factors others miss and make faster, more confident decisions in high-stakes environments.

 

CARVER Mindset™ Overview

CARVER Mindset™ is where you stop learning the framework—and start thinking like an intelligence professional. This course trains you to observe, interpret, and act on limited information with speed and precision, just as CIA operatives and elite planners do in the field. You’ll learn how to read people, recognize subtle cues, anticipate intent, and apply principles like denial, deception, and persuasion to gain a decisive edge in any situation. More than a skillset, this is a way of thinking—one that allows you to absorb details others miss and turn uncertainty into actionable insight.

By the end of the course, you’ll develop a heightened sense of awareness and a strategic mindset that operates in real time—not just when it’s convenient. Whether you’re navigating high-stakes business decisions, negotiations, or everyday interactions, CARVER Mindset™ equips you to think several moves ahead, identify the true drivers behind behavior, and respond with confidence and control. This is how professionals move from reacting to situations… to shaping them.

 
GET CERTIFIED IN CARVER FOR JUST $297

This special $297 promotion ends on May 1st, 2026

As part of a special conference promotion, this discounted price will end on May 1st, 2026.  Please note that if you purchase the $297 CARVER Decision Advantage Access, you will have 180 days to then apply the $1,000 discount to any of the other CARVER training programs. 

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Are you ready to learn how to assess threats and vulnerabilities in people, infrastructure, and situations using the CIA's CARVER Methodology?  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND


Students who will benefit from this intensive course include: business leaders and executives, entrepreneurs, team managers, as well as military and law enforcement personnel. 

 

TESTIMONIALS


CARVER makes you a security master."

- Tim DiPadova, Fortune 500 Security Director

One of the best courses I have attended in 30 years of law enforcement"

- Detective Wil Gagliardi, Toronto PD

The world would be a safer place if everyone used CARVER."

- Special Agent Peter Donaldson, Anti-terrorism Officer 

CARVER is a great methodology that justifies my assessments - and security budget - based upon priority."

- Na'im Mohammad, EP Agent for High-Net Worth Family

Any serious security person should take this course."

- Ronald Navarreta, Security Operations Specialist

 

CERTIFICATIONS


Upon successful completion of the program, add a certification and digital credential to your professional resume...

Thanks to the CARVER Training Institute's strategic partnership with the University of South Florida's Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education, students who successfully pass the exam within the CARVER Decision Advantage Access™ will receive their Certified CARVER Mindset Analyst™ (CCMA) designation from USF.  They will also receive "Credly" digital badges to add to their LinkedIn profiles to verify their certification from USF.  As a bonus, the CARVER courses also provide continuing education units (CEUs) from institutions like ASIS-International and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).  

Course Outlines

CARVER Essentials™ Course Outline

  • Module 1 - Intro to CARVER
  • Module 2 - History and Evolution
  • Module 3 - Cognizant Security Strategy
  • Module 4 - CARVER Mindset
  • Module 5 - CARVER Leadership
  • Module 6 - Bringing It All Together
  • Module 7 - Q&A w/ Luke Bencie

 

 

 

 

 

CARVER Mindset™ Course Outline

  • Module 1 - Introduction
  • Module 2 - How to Think Like a Spy
  • Module 3 - CARVER as a Tool
  • Module 4 - Elicitation, Persuasion, Negotiation
  • Module 5 - Denial and Deception
  • Module 6 - Planning and Preparation
  • Module 7 - Problem Solving/Decision Making
  • Module 8 - Counter-surveillance
  • Module 9 - Expanding Your Horizons
  • Module 10 - Concluding Thoughts

 

 

GET CREDENTIALS FROM UNIV. OF SOUTH FLORIDA

 Luke Bencie, Founder of Modern CARVER

Luke Bencie has spent over two decades working within the US Intelligence Community, traveling to over 130 countries as an intelligence professional and as a certified CIA training instructor. The author of seven books on security and intelligence, he began his career as a technical operations officer at the CIA, where he was assigned to the Office of Special Activities and served as a liaison to the US Department of State’s Foreign Emergency Support Team. He later worked for Raytheon Company in the Intelligence and Information Systems Division.  Since 2010, he has successful managed the global consulting firm, Security Management International, which counts its clients as the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Justice, over two-dozen Fortune 500 security departments, as well as foreign governments.  

 

Stop Guessing.  Start Thinking Like an Intelligence Professional!

 

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We are so sure that you will enjoy your experience with our products and services that we have proudly offered all of our clients a 30-day, full money back, guarantee on all our training courses since we opened the business in 2010. If you are not completely satisfied with you purchase, send us an email and we will refund your money. Now, you have no reason not to try our services.

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