The 10th Annual Open Source Digital Forensics Conference (OSDFCon) will be held October 15-17, 2019 in Herndon, VA. This event allows attendees to learn about new software and meet the developers. Oct 15: Workshops: A series of 3-hour in-depth workshops (need separate ticket to attend) Oct 16: Conference: A full-day of 35-minute talks focused exclusively on open source digital forensics tools Free for government attendees through Oct. 5 Oct 17...

The five pillars of the B.L.A.C.K Collaborative Leadership Skills Training method are discussed during this 2-day course. Companies, groups and teams of people manifest the same characteristics as individuals and therefore, experience the same problems, albeit on a different scale. Results driven, “the bottom line” and ICT are the key words within which any (major) organization operates these days. Even though people are considered...

MCOLES Certified-Use of 302 Funds approved for Michigan law enforcement agencies. The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Program, hosted by the Washtenaw Community College Police Academy, will be held June 27-28, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. An effective law enforcement response to critical incidents involving armed suspects can determine whether someone lives or dies. The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident M...

MCOLES Certified-Use of 302 Funds approved for Michigan law enforcement agencies. The OpTac International Tactical Team Policy and Organization Program, hosted by the Washtenaw Community College Police Academy, will be held June 24-26, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This program provides commanders, administrators, team leaders, and tactical team personnel with contemporary guidelines for the development of tactical team policy and procedures al...

(DSB) Designing Secure Buildings – This 3-day workshop is designed to familiarize students with twenty-one design principles used in preventing and detecting criminal activity and reducing the effects of acts of terrorism on the safety of personnel and damage to facilities and critical infrastructure. Specific modules include; Terrorism Ideologies, Security Basics, Philosophies and Design Strategies, Blast Fundamentals, Glazing and Windo...

ERUdyne has established our Drone Flight School to fill a gap in commercial drone operations training for people that want to build, or switch to, a career using drones to impact safety and security of our Nation's infrastructure, including crisis management and disaster response and recovery support. We teach our students about the business application of drone usage, how the data drones provide is accessed and utilized, and the industry pote...

(SCD) Security Criteria Development: Exceeding DHS Guidelines – A three-day workshop intensely focused on writing criteria for antiterrorism, continuity-of-operations (COOP) and resiliency, information security, physical security, operational security plans and operating procedures to meet government requirements. What should be included in each type of plan is discussed in detail. Students will learn how to translate company policy into...

The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Program will be held June 28-29, 2018 in Hagerstown, Maryland. An effective law enforcement response to critical incidents involving armed suspects can determine whether someone lives or dies. The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Program is based on the book, SWAT Operations and Critical Incidents: Why People Die, written by Stuart A. Meyers, and includes hi...

The OpTac International Tactical Command Program, will be held June 25-27, 2018 in Hagerstown, Maryland. This program provides attendees with realistic guidelines and practical exercises to prepare for and enhance their command of Special Weapons and Tactics teams. Classroom presentations and tabletop exercises provide a detailed understanding of raid planning and execution, command post operations, legal and ethical decision-making, critical...

The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Program, hosted by the Washtenaw Metro SWAT Team, will be held April 26-27, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. MCOLES Certified-Use of 302 Funds approved for Michigan law enforcement agencies. An effective law enforcement response to critical incidents involving armed suspects can determine whether someone lives or dies. The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Progra...