SR-201Open to all
Commercial Signature Reduction (CSR)
Digital data protection techniques for operating safely within the dynamic information environment.
- 5 days
- Intermediate
In personMobile training team
Signature Reduction and Digital Protection
Training topic · Parsons TOG
Signature reduction and digital footprint reduction training
Commercial best practices for reducing the digital footprint of people, devices, and operations in the information environment.
Signature reduction training protects the researcher, the operator, and the mission. Where our open-source courses teach teams to find what is publicly available about others, this focus area teaches them to control what is publicly available about themselves: people, devices, accounts, and the digital personas that support operations.
Commercial best practices, applied
Commercial Signature Reduction (CSR) delivers digital data protection techniques for operating safely within the information environment. Students learn commercial best practices for reducing the signature of people, devices, and accounts, and apply them to their own footprint during the course. CSR-C extends the same approach to cellular networks and mobile devices.
From individual footprint to operational personas
The Virtual Operations Tradecraft Course (VOTC) moves from protecting an individual to managing digital personas in support of operations: account lifecycle, consistency, signature control, and the safety measures that keep personas and operators separate. It is an advanced course for CASO graduates.
Self-paced protection for people on the move
Safe Traveler is an online lecture series for travelers, military members, and executives who are at risk of becoming soft targets. It is open to all and taken on your own schedule.
Signature Reduction and Digital Protection courses
SR-205Government onlyNew
Commercial Signature Reduction – Cellular (CSR-C)
Master commercial best practices for mitigating the vulnerabilities of cellular networks and mobile devices.
- 5 days
- Intermediate
In personMobile training team
Signature Reduction and Digital Protection
SR-101Open to all
Safe Traveler™
A self-paced online lecture series on securing personal devices across physical, digital, and network environments for travelers and executives.
- Self-paced
- Foundational
Self-paced
Signature Reduction and Digital Protection
SR-310CASO graduates
Virtual Operations Tradecraft Course (VOTC)
Management, strategic implementation, and effective deployment of digital personas to support operations in the virtual domain.
- 5 days
- Advanced
Online, liveIn person
Signature Reduction and Digital Protection · Information Operations
Frequently asked questions
- What is commercial signature reduction training?
- Commercial signature reduction (CSR) teaches commercial best practices for shrinking the digital signature of people, devices, and accounts so they are harder to find, link, and exploit. Students apply the techniques to their own footprint during the course rather than studying them in the abstract.
- How does digital footprint reduction relate to OSINT training?
- They are two sides of the same tradecraft. CASO teaches researchers to find what is publicly available about a target; CSR teaches them to reduce what is publicly available about themselves. Many teams take both.
- Which course covers mobile devices and cellular networks?
- Commercial Signature Reduction - Cellular (CSR-C) is a five-day course on device selection, operating-system hardening, secure app procurement, and privacy techniques for commercial cellular networks.
- Is there a self-paced option for travelers and executives?
- Safe Traveler is a self-paced online lecture series on securing personal devices across physical, digital, and network environments. It is open to all; contact us for an account.
- Who can attend signature reduction courses?
- Commercial Signature Reduction (CSR) and Safe Traveler are open to all. CSR-C and the Virtual Operations Tradecraft Course (VOTC) are US Government only, and VOTC also requires CASO I.
Bring this training to your team
Dedicated iterations run at our classrooms, online, or at your location through a mobile training team.