CI/Security Awareness Training

“Therein lies the fascination with espionage—the weird mixture of high endeavor and sordid treachery, cleverness and stupidity, bravery and cowardice, to be found among agents and spies of both sexes.”

---- E.H. Cookridge, Sisters of Delilah

Since the dawn of mankind, women have been spies, traitors, heroines, saboteurs, terrorists and espionage enablers.  

An ancient Indian philosopher and strategist, Kautilya, wrote in the 4th century BC about using women as spies because of their ability to be unnoticed, to be nonthreatening, and to blend into the world of men because of gender expectations.

Universal stereotypes make women very effective weapons in the world of intelligence and espionage.  Few have studied and fewer still appreciate the contributions of women in this field.

This presentation introduces you to capable, cunning, and dedicated spies and heroines, some of whom made the ultimate sacrifice, from pre-Biblical times to the present 21st century.

We explore motivations, risk taking, sacrifices, and   accomplishments of women while debunking myths and the glamorization of the stereotypical female spy Mata Hari.  

Join us in the journey of significant contributions to the history of intelligence and espionage by women like Ethel Rosenberg, Rose Greenhow, Ana Montes, Lydia Darragh, Sara Edmonds, Virginia Hall, Ruth Werner, Lona Cohen, and many others. 

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March is Women's History Month and this course would be a perfect, unique and interesting way to fascinate your employees as well as provide them with valuable counterintelligence and security awareness information.