--- title: Tradecraft at the Speed of the Fight description: Intelligence tradecraft taught since 2002: cognitive warfare, counterintelligence, structured analysis and deception planning, plus four browser tools. canonical_url: https://www.treadstone71.com/tradecraft-at-the-speed-of-the-fight language: en-GB date: 2026-11-11T16:23:27Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://www.treadstone71.com/tradecraft-at-the-speed-of-the-fight. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1796 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://www.treadstone71.com/tradecraft-at-the-speed-of-the-fight. 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Build a judgment, weigh it against its alternatives, and defend it with the evidence trail that earned it. Operations ### Cyber Operations Order Workbench Build a cyber operations order the way an operations shop does: roles, terrain, authority, rules of engagement, and the measures that prove effect. It does not release until authority is named. Counterintelligence ### Deception Planning Workbench Plan a deception backward from the effect you want, monitor it in play, and train the harder half: detecting and defeating the deception aimed at you. A legal gate keeps it inside the law. Information defense ### Dirty Tricks Detector Name manipulation as it happens. Spot the move, counter it in good faith, and check you are not running it yourself. A counterintelligence reflex trainer for the information fight. // The doctrine ## Three field books The doctrine under the instruments is public. Jeff Bardin wrote all three, on a career in military cryptology and counterintelligence. Read them on Amazon. // The firm ## Veteran and Woman-owned. Global Reach. Working since 2002. Treadstone 71 has taught and delivered cyber and strategic intelligence tradecraft for more than two decades, to teams across the United States, Europe, and beyond. The work covers cognitive warfare, cyber counterintelligence, clandestine cyber HUMINT, structured analytic techniques, deception planning, geopolitical analysis, and analytic writing. Cognitive Warfare Cyber Counterintelligence Structured Analytic Techniques Deception Planning Influence Operations Clandestine Cyber HUMINT OSINT Geopolitical Intelligence Founded2002 BasedHalf Moon Bay, California, USA ServesUnited States, Europe, worldwide FounderJeffrey Bardin, Chief Intelligence Officer FocusCyber and strategic intelligence tradecraft // Questions ## Common questions Treadstone 71 is a woman-owned, veteran-led cyber and strategic intelligence training and advisory firm founded in 2002. It teaches and delivers cognitive warfare, counterintelligence, structured analytic techniques, deception planning, clandestine cyber HUMINT, and geopolitical analysis. Cognitive warfare is the contest over perception and decision. It uses narrative, influence, and deception to shape what a target believes and does. Treadstone 71 teaches both sides of it: building the effect within the law, and detecting and defeating the effect aimed at you. Four browser-based working instruments: the ASA Platform for structured analysis, the Cyber Operations Order Workbench for cyber operations orders, the Deception Planning Workbench for planning and countering deception, and the Dirty Tricks Detector for naming manipulation in real time. Each carries the full method and holds the standard taught in the classroom. Jeffrey Bardin is the founder and Chief Intelligence Officer of Treadstone 71, with a career in military cryptology and counterintelligence and more than two decades of intelligence engagements. He is the author of three field books on people intelligence, structured analytic techniques, and multi-domain cyber operations. The instruments sit behind the Treadstone 71 members area. They travel with the work Treadstone 71 does for the teams it trains and advises. A program that wants to put them to use starts that conversation through the members area or by contacting Treadstone 71. ## Bring the tradecraft to your program Training, advisory work, and the working instruments that carry the method. Start the conversation and we will find the right fit. 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