Intelligence Analysis and Assessment Techniques

Certified by the International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE), this practical course will upskill you in the use of analysis and assessment tools and techniques. It will enable you to immediately operationalise your new knowledge and enhance decision making by applying a combination of critical thinking skills and structured analysis.

Drawing on the UK Government’s Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) team’s best practice, through interactive sessions and group discussions, you will learn how to apply analytical rigour and Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs) to your own work.

Training scenarios are nuanced to suit your needs and could include countering hostile state activity or financial crime, defending critical national infrastructure, scenario generation and horizon scanning, and more. Your learning will be put to the test during demanding but enjoyable syndicate exercises that will challenge you to produce robust assessments in a professional, collaborative environment.

Content includes:

• PHIA Analytic Standards;

• PHIA Professional Development Framework;

• Probability Yardstick;

• Assessment Confidence Levels;

• Assumptions and Biases;

• Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH);

• Key Assumptions Check (KAC);

• Morphological Analysis;

• Backcasting, and more.