ESE
Ethical Social Engineering
A certification for security professionals who run authorised social engineering assessments.
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Certifications
Certifications that teach the human layer.
We run certificate training in the disciplines our own operators practise daily — offensive social engineering, the defensive side of it, and the persistent adversary. These are working courses, not awareness sessions.
DSE
Defensive Social Engineering
A certification for the people responsible for reducing human-layer risk.
Course detail →APT
Advanced Persistent Threat
A certification covering how persistent adversaries operate, and how to detect and evict them.
Course detail →Comparison
Which certification is the right one.
| Certification | Side | Built for |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Social Engineering ESE | Offensive | Red team operators, penetration testers, and internal security teams building an offensive human-layer capability. |
| Defensive Social Engineering DSE | Defensive | Security awareness leads, risk and compliance teams, HR and operations managers, and SOC staff who handle vishing reports. |
| Advanced Persistent Threat APT | Detection & response | SOC analysts, incident responders, threat intelligence staff and infrastructure teams. |
How we teach
Taught by people who do the work.
Every course is delivered by operators who run these techniques in live engagements, and every course is built around practice rather than lecture. Participants work through scenarios, produce artefacts, and are assessed on what they produced.
- Scenario-driven, with participants producing the deliverable
- Assessment against a rubric, not attendance
- Authorisation and ethics taught as part of the technique, not as a preamble
- Available for individual enrolment or as a private cohort for your team
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Tell us which certification and how many people. We will send dates, the syllabus and what participants need to bring.