Course Portfolio
Increasing our customers’ workforce competence by enhancing analytic thinking and communications skills, technical expertise, and leadership ability at all levels.
Intelligence Community
Intelligence Community 101
This 5-day course seeks to draw back the cloak on one of the U.S. Government’s most storied institutions: The Intelligence Community (IC).
Intelligence Community 201
A 3-day course for mid-career professionals, IC 201 is tailored to the client to provide more in-depth discussion of specific topics
Intelligence Community 301
IC 301 is a 1-day seminar-style workshop for senior personnel dealing with some of the most complex issues confronting the Intelligence Community.
Department of Defense
Department of Defense 101
Designed for learners who are unfamiliar with the Department of Defense (DoD), this 5-day course seeks to unlock the secrets of one of the most complex bureaucracies in the U.S. Government.
Department of Defense 201
This 3-day course is for mid-career learners who are ready for a more sophisticated and nuanced discussion of the topics covered in DoD 101.
Department of Defense 301
Senior personnel will benefit from this 1-day roundtable-style seminar examining some of the most complex issues facing the DoD.
General
Intelligence Resource Management
This 3-day course explains how military and national-level intelligence resource requirements are met through the federal budget process.
Counterproliferation Analysis in Context
This 3-day course is designed to familiarize the learner with how counterproliferation Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) fits into the overall defense and national security enterprise.
Doing Business with the Government
This 1-day course focuses on the relationship between the government and its vendors by understanding how the government aligns its requirements for personnel, equipment, facilities, resources, and services with the financial resources needed to fund these requirements.
Fundamentals of Analytical Methodologies
A 3-day course focused on helping students develop the research, thinking, and presentation skills essential for becoming an effective Intelligence Analyst.
National Security Policy Seminar
This 3-day course examines the process by which U.S. national security policy is developed, coordinated, funded, and implemented.
Critical Thinking for Intelligence Analysis
This 1- to 3-day course will help Intelligence Analysts improve their ability to identify bias and other factors that inhibit objectivity, as well as incorporate techniques to improve critical thinking and analytic rigor in intelligence production.
Open-Source Intelligence
This 3-day course discusses the exploitation of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)—intelligence produced from publicly-available information.
Regional Seminars
ISA’s Regional Seminars offer a survey of the countries and areas that are critical to U.S. national security.