--- title: Unified Officer–Operator Cohort - Cyber Cognitive Warfare description: A 13-week in-person program that trains cyber officers and operators as one cohort in cyber cognitive warfare, with EU region injects and live terrain. canonical_url: https://www.treadstone71.com/training/unified-officer-operator-cohort-cyber-cognitive-warfare language: en-GB date: 2026-11-10T14:24:29Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://www.treadstone71.com/training/unified-officer-operator-cohort-cyber-cognitive-warfare. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1896 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://www.treadstone71.com/training/unified-officer-operator-cohort-cyber-cognitive-warfare. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ## EU region injects — information terrain, law & partners - Baltics/Nordics ### Information Terrain - Telegram & VK spillover; Russian‑language segments - DELFI/ERR/LSM; national broadcasters - Civic fact‑checkers; municipal FB groups #### Partner Network - NATO StratCom COE (Riga), CCDCOE (Tallinn) - Hybrid CoE (Helsinki); Swedish Psychological Defence Agency - National CERT teams & StratCom units #### Law & Policy - GDPR, DSA, NIS2 alignment & platform terms - Host‑nation speech/privacy constraints; procurement rules - MILDEC ruses lawful; perfidy prohibited; embedded PAO/legal reviews - Central Europe ### Information Terrain - Regional broadcasters & wire services - Telegram/WhatsApp clusters; municipal channels - Fact‑checking NGOs; elections oversight portals #### Partner Network - NATO/EU StratCom nodes; national CERTs - Gov. Comms units; academic labs - Allied red‑team cells under agreement #### Law & Policy - GDPR/DSA/NIS2; national procurement & speech laws - Lawful deception reviews; PAO/legal checkpoints - Platform transparency & reporting flows - Western Europe ### Information Terrain - Public broadcasters, major dailies, and EU policy media - Meta/TikTok/YouTube reach; diaspora channels - Civic watchdogs; crisis‑comms frameworks #### Partner Network - Gov. StratCom & law‑enforcement fusion points - NATO centers; Hybrid CoE links - Industry ISACs/ISAOs for rapid alerts #### Law & Policy - GDPR/DSA moderation routes & redress - Host‑nation speech/privacy jurisprudence - Mil deception guardrails; perfidy prohibition ## What the cohort accomplishes Unified planning and execution. Leadership frames commander’s intent in cognitive effects and chairs synchronization; operators translate doctrine into field outputs, running persona operations, counter‑influence drills, deception annex rehearsals, and assessment dashboards under legal/PAO review. - **Weeks 1–4:** Doctrine alignment, TAA essentials, structured adversary profiling, narrative engineering. - **Weeks 5–8:** Cyber PSYOP TTPs; deception & denial (lawful ruses); counter‑influence ops; advanced adversary analysis & lawful exploitation paths. - **Weeks 9–12:** Emergent techniques & AI; assessment frameworks (MoP/MoE/KABEB); cognitive armor; full staff integration rehearsal. - **Week 13:** “Live‑fire” capstone with red‑team opposition and real‑time effects readouts. Governance & ethics embedded: ROE, IHL, and host‑nation law checkpoints at design, rehearsal, execution, and AAR. ## 13‑Week curriculum at a glance ### Week 1 — Foundations & Doctrine PSYOPS logic, NATO/US doctrine, staff integration; legal/PAO rhythm. Outputs: doctrinal alignment brief; checkpoints. ### Week 2 — TAA Essentials Discovery, psychographics, platform pathways, OSINT hygiene. Outputs: TAA v1, pathway map, OPSEC notes. ### Week 3 — Advanced TAA & Adversary Profiling SATs, bias checks, red‑cell thinking, culture models. Outputs: adversary profiles; confidence statements. ### Week 4 — Narrative Engineering Core/sub‑narratives, testing pipelines, backfire controls. Outputs: narrative tree, message bank, test results. ### Week 5 — Cyber PSYOP TTPs Persona ops, infiltration, stealth amplification, OPSEC. Outputs: persona stable, TTP playcards. ### Week 6 — Deception & Denial (Lawful) MILDEC online; ruses vs perfidy; denial before deception. Outputs: deception annex draft; monitoring matrix. ### Week 7 — Counter‑Influence CIB detection, attribution support, inoculation, drills. Outputs: counter‑influence SOP; drill AARs. ### Week 8 — Advanced Adversary Analysis Networks, fingerprints, insider‑risk cues; lawful exploitation pathways. Outputs: target system map; decision sheet. ### Week 9 — Emergent Techniques & AI Reflexive control 2.0, swarm tactics, CAS thinking, AI safeguards. Outputs: CAS COAs; AI risk register. ### Week 10 — Assessment (MoP/MoE/KABEB) Effects‑based assessment, KPIs, logic models; OODA pivots. Outputs: assessment plan; dashboard mockups. ### Week 11 — Cognitive Armor Stress inoculation, bias self‑audits, peer support. Outputs: resilience plans; exposure management. ### Week 12 — Integration Rehearsal OPORD + annexes; interagency lanes; green‑light brief. Outputs: OPORD & deconfliction matrix. ### Week 13 — Live‑Fire Capstone End‑to‑end campaign; red‑team opposition; legal/ethical adjudication in stride. 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