Certified Cognitive Warfare Professional (CCWP) Certification Program by Tonex
The Certified Cognitive Warfare Professional program equips leaders to detect, disrupt, and deter adversary influence across the cognitive domain. Blending AI tradecraft, psychology, and data operations, participants learn to analyze narratives, model audiences, and run ethical counter-influence strategies that align with law and policy. The program highlights how cognitive effects synchronize with information operations and hybrid threat campaigns, preparing practitioners to safeguard decision advantage in contested environments.
Cybersecurity benefits include stronger resilience against phishing, deepfakes, and social engineering that target human trust. Cybersecurity teams gain methods to fuse technical telemetry with behavioral indicators for earlier detection of coordinated inauthentic behavior. Cybersecurity outcomes extend to hardening incident communications and protecting analyst cognition under pressure.
Learning Objectives
- Map adversary influence kill chains and design proportional countermeasures
- Apply AI techniques to detect coordinated inauthentic behavior and narrative manipulation
- Build audience and actor models to forecast cognitive effects
- Orchestrate counter-influence within legal and ethical boundaries
- Strengthen cybersecurity by integrating human risk signals into detection and response
- Lead cross-functional playbooks for rapid narrative containment
- Measure effect against commander’s intent and policy goals
Intended Audience
- Cybersecurity Professionals
- Information operations and PSYOP practitioners
- Intelligence analysts and all-source fusion teams
- Strategic communications and public affairs officers
- Red teams and threat emulation specialists
- Policy advisors and risk leaders
- Technology program managers and data scientists
Course Modules
Module 1: Cognitive Warfare Foundations
- Cognitive domain and decision cycles
- Adversary doctrine and hybrid threats
- Narrative ecosystems and memetics
- Legal ethical policy constraints
- Indicators and warnings framework
- Command and control integration
Module 2: AI for Influence Analytics
- Signal discovery and feature engineering
- Botnet and sockpuppet detection
- Generative content risk assessment
- Multimodal deepfake recognition
- Network mapping and community analysis
- Attribution confidence and caveats
Module 3: Audience and Actor Modeling
- Psychographic and sociotechnical factors
- Vulnerability assessment and sentiment
- Cultural context and framing effects
- Pathways for escalation and de-escalation
- Hypothesis-driven experimentation
- Effect measurement and baselining
Module 4: Counter-Influence Playbooks
- Preemptive narrative inoculation
- Cross-channel content synchronization
- Rapid response messaging cells
- Engaging credible messengers
- Crisis communications under uncertainty
- Post-action reviews and learning loops
Module 5: Cyber–Cognitive Protection
- Social engineering TTPs and defenses
- Executive and analyst protection tactics
- Secure-by-design communications
- Fusion of SOC and influence telemetry
- Insider risk awareness and mitigation
- Decision fatigue and bias countermeasures
Module 6: Human–Machine Teaming
- Analyst AI pairing and guardrails
- Trust calibration and oversight
- Workflow automation with transparency
- Red teaming cognitive effects
- Reliability, safety, and drift checks
- Mission rehearsal and readiness
Exam Domains
- Cognitive Threat Landscape
- Influence Analytics and Detection
- Audience Modeling and Forecasting
- Counter-Influence Strategy and Execution
- Governance Ethics and Law
- Operational Assessment and Metrics
Course Delivery
The course is delivered through a combination of lectures, interactive discussions, and project-based learning, facilitated by experts in the field of Certified Cognitive Warfare Professional. Participants will have access to online resources, including readings, case studies, and tools for practical exercises.
Assessment and Certification
Participants will be assessed through quizzes, assignments, and a capstone project. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate in Certified Cognitive Warfare Professional.
Question Types
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
- Scenario-based Questions
Passing Criteria
To pass the Certified Cognitive Warfare Professional Certification Training exam, candidates must achieve a score of 70% or higher.
Secure decision advantage today enroll in the Tonex CCWP program and build operational mastery in the cognitive domain.