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Surveillance Defense: 8 Week Course
$2,195.00
Join former CIA officer John Kiriakou and cybersecurity expert Sean O’Brien for an 8-week online program and learn how to detect real-world surveillance, safeguard your digital life, and build the awareness to defend yourself in both cyberspace and your neighborhood.
🕵️ Surveillance Defense: Online & In Your Backyard
In-Depth 8-Week Program to Sharpen Your Defensive Skills
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- 🗓️ Starts: Monday, November 3, 2025
- 🗓️ Ends: Sunday, December 28, 2025
Format: Asynchronously online with three live sessions throughout the semester
💸 Discounts Available
- 20% off for prior Ivy Cyber Academy event and course participants
- 15% off for annual Bits On Tape subscribers
- 15% off for annual John Kiriakou Loud & Clear subscribers
- 15% off for prior Minnect callers with John Kiriakou
Course Overview
Gain the skills to defend yourself in the digital realm and detect surveillance in the physical world. This 8-week Ivy Cyber Academy program blends the expertise of two leading voices:
- John Kiriakou – Former CIA officer, world-reknowned intelligence expert, and whistleblower who exposed the CIA’s torture program
- Sean O’Brien – Founder of Yale Privacy Lab & Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School, Director of Cybersecurity at Bay Path University, and founder of ExpressVPN’s Digital Security Lab
Together, John and Sean deliver a 50/50 split of real world surveillance detection and digital self-defense, offering a unique and transformative approach to personal and professional security.
🎓 What You’ll Learn
Surveillance Detection with John Kiriakou
- How intelligence agencies monitor targets in the field
- Techniques for recognizing hostile surveillance in your neighborhood
- Real case studies from CIA service and whistleblowing work
- Situational awareness and practical counter surveillance skills
Digital Self Defense with Sean O’Brien
- How apps and devices track you and how to stop it
- Tools for encrypted communication and private browsing
- Network monitoring to expose hidden data flows
- Dissecting real investigations from Yale Privacy Lab and ExpressVPN Digital Security Lab
💡 Course Format
- Weekly modules with video, audio, and reading material
- Exclusive exercises to apply concepts directly to your environment
- Discussion with your peers, with conversations guided by John and Sean
- 3 live sessions with instructors for deeper dialogue and Q&A
- Collaboration on a capstone project via secure enterprise tools
🎁 Included Benefits
- 12 month subscription to PrivacySafe Personal (a $660 USD value!). The course utilizes PrivacySafe apps for secure peer collaboration.
- Free account on PrivacySafe Social
- Discounts with partners Privacy Bootcamp and Destination Certification
- 15% off all secure hardware and software products in the Ivy Cyber Shop
- 20% off all future Ivy Cyber Academy events and courses
👤 Who Should Enroll
- Executives and professionals responsible for data privacy and security
- Journalists researchers and activists navigating surveillance risks
- Anyone seeking to strengthen both digital defenses and real world awareness
⚠️ Please Note
- This course is purely educational in nature. We do not provide legal advising, financial advising, or operational advising for activism and are not liable for your actions. See our Terms & Conditions for more information.
- Graphics and topics may include sensitive material related to surveillance, war, and whistleblowing
- Enrollment is non-refundable once the course starts
🛡️ Learn From Experience. Defend with Knowledge.
Enroll in this 8-week intensive program and gain rare access to instructors who have been on both sides of surveillance: inside the top ranks of US intelligence and at the forefront of digital privacy advocacy.
