--- title: Cognitive Warfare Monitor Pilot Program description: The 30-Day Watch: a paid pilot of the Cognitive Warfare Monitor, scored against a success definition you sign before day one. The fee credits to the annual. canonical_url: https://www.treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor-pilot-program language: en-GB date: 2026-11-11T16:25:59Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://www.treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor-pilot-program. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 3792 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://www.treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor-pilot-program. 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The 30-Day Watch costs $4,500, delivers four Monday editions of the Monitor, one tailored deep-dive, one RFI, flash alerts, and a scored readout, and credits every dollar against an Analyst or Institutional subscription signed within 30 days of the readout. Need one answer, not a watch? The Single Brief is $2,500. Each sits under the federal micro-purchase threshold. **4**Monday editions, 0900 Eastern, all five tracks **1**Tailored deep-dive on the narrative you name **30*days***From first brief to scored readout **100*%***Pilot fee credited against an annual // SIGNAL ACQUIRED ## What is the 30-Day Watch? The 30-Day Watch is the paid pilot of the Cognitive Warfare Monitor, the weekly narrative intelligence subscription from Treadstone 71 LLC. For $4,500 a CISO, StratCom unit, government FIMI cell, or think tank receives four consecutive Monday editions of the Monitor (the weekly brief, or the monthly strategic roll-up when a first Monday falls inside the window), one tailored deep-dive brief on a narrative of its choosing, one RFI answered in five business days, flash alerts within 24 hours, five reader seats, and a 45-minute readout scored against a written success definition agreed before the first brief ships. Every source carries an Admiralty grade, every judgment a Sherman Kent band, every driver a STEMPLES Plus tag. When five of the six criteria are met, Treadstone 71 issues an annual quote with the full pilot fee credited, valid 30 days. The Single Brief, $2,500, is the tailored deep-dive sold on its own. OfferThe 30-Day Watch, paid pilot of the Cognitive Warfare MonitorPrice$4,500, credited in full against an annual; Single Brief $2,500ContentsFour Monday editions, one tailored deep-dive, one RFI, flash alerts, five seats, scored readoutStartMondays from October 19, 2026; five concurrent pilotsConverts whenFive of six signed criteria are met at the readoutBuyersCISOs, StratCom units, government FIMI cells, think tanksProcurementUnder the $15,000 federal micro-purchase threshold; card, SF-182, or PO // TWO WAYS IN ## A watch, or one answer The Single Brief $2,500 One narrative, campaign, or actor. A single graded assessment. Delivered in ten business days. - Eight to twelve pages: what the narrative is, who runs it, where it goes next - Admiralty grade on every source, Kent band on every judgment - STEMPLES Plus drivers and an indicator list to watch - Thirty-minute walkthrough call with the analyst - TLP:AMBER. Never reused in a public product [Order a Single Brief](https://www.treadstone71.com/t71-contact-form?subject=CWM%20Single%20Brief) CONVERTS The 30-Day Watch $4,500 credited in full against an annual Four Mondays of the Monitor at Institutional depth, plus a Single Brief, plus the readout that decides. - Four Monday editions at 0900 Eastern, all five tracks, five reader seats, PDF and EPUB3 - One tailored deep-dive brief (the Single Brief, included) - One RFI, five business days; flash alerts within 24 hours - Written success definition signed before day one - 45-minute readout in week five, scored criterion by criterion - Five of six met: annual quote at the credited price, valid 30 days [Start a 30-Day Watch](https://www.treadstone71.com/t71-contact-form?subject=CWM%2030-Day%20Watch) After the Watch $18,000 Analyst, per year Institutional $60,000. Sentinel $180,000. The $4,500 comes off whichever you sign, after any sector or multi-year discount. The watch runs at Institutional depth; Analyst narrows the field to one track. - Analyst: the weekly brief on one track, monthly roll-up, three seats - Institutional: all five tracks, sector overlay, flash alerts, four RFI credits a quarter, fifteen seats - Sentinel: a sixth track built to your exposure, named analyst, two-day RFIs, JSON feed, organization-wide seats [Compare the tiers](https://www.treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor) // THE SUCCESS DEFINITION ## Signed before the first brief. Scored after the fourth. ### Six criteria, one page, no interpretation left for week five You name three decisions the Monitor has to inform during the window. We write the six criteria below to fit them, you sign, and the watch starts the next Monday. The readout scores each criterion met or not met against the evidence column. Five of six converts. Four or fewer ends the pilot with a written gap note and no further obligation. | \# | Criterion | Threshold | Evidence | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Decision relevance | Three of four Monday editions cited in your decision log, meeting notes, or a forwarded email within seven days of issue | Your log entries or forwards, shared at the readout | | 2 | Warning lead | At least one narrative or campaign named in a brief or flash alert before it appears in your incident, comms, or partner reporting | Brief timestamp against the first internal or partner mention | | 3 | Source discipline | Zero judgments in the four editions traced to a single ungraded source; every Kent band survives your team's challenge at the readout | Source appendix on each brief; challenge log from the readout | | 4 | Deep-dive utility | The tailored brief changes at least one line in a plan, a statement, a control, or a partner request, and you say which | The changed artifact, redacted as needed | | 5 | Service levels | Four editions on time at 0900 Eastern (Tuesday after a US federal holiday); RFI answered within five business days; any flash alert within 24 hours of a qualifying event as published on the Monitor page | Delivery timestamps | | 6 | Reader verdict | Named readers score the watch four or better on a five-point scale for "changed what we did or how sure we were" | Readout survey, five questions | The full document runs two pages: parties and window, the three decisions, deliverables and cadence, the six criteria, the conversion clause with the credit, the gap-note clause, data handling and seats, price and payment. Ask for it and it arrives with your name on it and the three decision lines blank. // WHO BUYS IT, AND THE DECISION IT FEEDS ## Four buyers, four decisions **The CISO***Narrative becomes incident* Which story about your company, your sector, or your vendor turns into a phishing pretext, an insider lever, or a board question. The watch names it before the ticket opens. **The StratCom unit***Counter or ignore* Brandolini's Law sets the exchange rate. The watch tells you which adversary narratives earn a response and which die faster untouched. **The FIMI cell***Attribution and escalation* Confidence on who runs a campaign, on a Kent band, with sources graded for the partner who asks "how sure." The brief travels. **The think tank***Citable evidence* Graded, sourced narrative analysis with a published method behind it. Footnote-ready in a report, defensible on a panel. // THE METHOD UNDER THE BRIEF ## Original graded assessments, not a curated feed Every brief runs on the same instruments as every Treadstone 71 product since 2002. Sources graded A to F for reliability and 1 to 6 for credibility under the ASA Evidence Standard. Judgments on the Sherman Kent spectrum with half-open bands. Drivers tagged to STEMPLES Plus. Verified facts and adversary claims never share a sentence. An assessment without a confidence marker is a draft, and drafts do not ship. **Tracks**Russia and the near abroad · Iran and the Gulf · China and the Indo-Pacific · DPRK · transnational criminal networks**Languages**English · Russian · Persian · Arabic · Mandarin · Spanish**Cadence**Weekly brief Mondays 0900 Eastern · monthly roll-up on the first Monday · quarterly Index cross-reference from January 2027 · PDF and EPUB3**Grading**Admiralty A to F, 1 to 6 · Kent bands · STEMPLES Plus // HOW TO BUY ## Three payment paths, one price **Corporate card***Fastest* Send the request. A card payment link and the success definition return within one business day. The watch starts the Monday after payment. **Government purchase card***Federal, state, allied* $4,500 and $2,500 sit under the $15,000 micro-purchase threshold. Commercial subscription and report, publicly priced. SAM registration, CAGE code, and W-9 on request. [See the Q4 order window](https://www.treadstone71.com/obligate2026funds) **Purchase order***Net 30* Quote within two business days, PO accepted, watch starts on the Monday after the PO lands. Institutional and Sentinel annuals also run on PO. // WHO RUNS THE WATCH ## The analyst who signs the readout JB **Jeff Bardin**, Founder and Chief Intelligence Officer, Treadstone 71 LLC. Former USAF cryptologic linguist and Army armored scout platoon leader; fourteen years of service. Built the first master's-level cyber intelligence curriculum at Utica in 2009. Author of Tradecraft at Machine Speed, The Mind Domain, and the Comprehensive Manual for Multi-Domain Cyber Operations. Developed STEMPLES Plus and the ASA Evidence Standard the watch is graded on. He writes the deep-dive, answers the RFI, and scores the readout. [About Treadstone 71](https://www.treadstone71.com/about/about-t71) · [Author page](https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jeffrey-S-Bardin/author/B004Q2VMVO) · [ASA Evidence Standard, Public Edition 1.0, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23137881](https://www.treadstone71.com/asa-evidence-standard) // RELATED // COMMON QUESTIONS ## 30-Day Watch FAQ Why no free trial?A free trial draws readers with no budget and no decision, and the feedback misleads. The paid pilot draws the buyer, forces the success definition into writing, and produces evidence either way. The credit clause removes the risk of paying twice. What if we meet four criteria, not five?The pilot ends. You receive a written gap note stating which criteria fell short and why, the four briefs and the deep-dive stay yours, and no further obligation exists. The fee stands; the work was delivered. Are the four editions written for us alone?No. The four Monday editions are the Monitor's standing product with all five tracks, the same issues paying subscribers read; when a first Monday falls inside your window, that edition is the monthly strategic roll-up with its forecast scorecard. Only the tailored deep-dive is yours alone, and it is never reused. That split keeps the price at $4,500 rather than a bespoke-research number. Is there a free sample?Yes. A redacted sample edition sits on the [Monitor page](https://www.treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor#sample), and the full sample brief is available through the contact form. A sample shows the format. The watch shows the format against your three decisions. How many pilots run at once?Five. When five are running, the next start date is the following Monday. The cap protects the readout, which is the part that decides. When does the first watch start?Monday, October 19, 2026, the same day as the inaugural Monitor brief. Readouts for the first cohort fall in the week of November 16. Annual quotes issue the same week, valid through December 16. What does the Single Brief cover?One narrative, campaign, or actor you name. Eight to twelve pages, graded sources, Kent bands, STEMPLES Plus drivers, an indicator list, and a thirty-minute walkthrough. Ten business days from order. Bought inside the watch it is included; bought alone it is $2,500. ## Name three decisions. Sign one page. Read four Mondays. The readout decides. Your credit means the pilot was never the cost. $4,500 watch. $2,500 brief. First start October 19, 2026. Treadstone 71 LLC · Half Moon Bay, California · Woman-owned, veteran-led · NICCS-listed · Operating since 2002. Prices in USD. Subscription tiers and seat counts as published at treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor. Cite as: Treadstone 71 LLC. "Cognitive Warfare Monitor Pilot: The 30-Day Watch." treadstone71.com/cognitive-warfare-monitor-pilot-program. 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