Certified Counter Terrorism Practitioner (CCTP)
Enhance your counter terrorism proficiency and career advancement by becoming a Certified Counter Terrorism Practitioner
Counter Terrorism Certification Board
Course description
The CCTP certification provides demonstrable proof of knowledge, skill and experience in key areas for the purposes of mitigating the threat of terrorism, and by providing proactive measures to reduce the vulnerability of individuals and property to terrorist acts.
Intended audience
- Law enforcement, military and security professionals
- Corporate security professionals
- Risk and security consultants
- Public transportation security professionals
- Law enforcement officers and counter terrorism units
- Military officers from intelligence units, counter terrorism units and military police
- Private security companies who deal with asset and VIP protection
Training curriculum
Terrorism fundamentals
1. Understand and assess the threat of terrorism
Defining terrorism, understanding terrorist objectives, strategies, and ideologies, exploring the causes of terrorism, examining motivating factors for terrorists, observing terrorist trends, identifying different types of terrorism.
2. Assess the threat posed by various terrorist organisations
Analysing terrorist organisation operations and tactics, understanding terrorist organisation financing, studying terrorist organisation operational structure, exploring technology utilisation in terrorism, examining recruitment strategies, investigating radicalisation processes, focusing on lone actor terrorism, and profiling terrorists.
Terrorism threat identification
1. Identify potential terrorist targets and assess their vulnerabilties
Examining the attack planning cycle, selecting targets, differentiating between soft and hard targets, and understanding terrorist tactics.
2. Detection and responding to hostile surveillance and pre-attack indicators
Studying surveillance and surveillance detection, exploring hostile surveillance methods, and identifying physical signs of suspicious activity.
3. Recognition and detection of terrorist methodologies
Exploring terrorism modus operandi, recognising and detecting weapons, dangerous substances, and devices, and identifying characteristics and behavioural patterns of persons likely to threaten security.
Prevention and mitigation of the threat
1. Prepare and plan a physical security program in accordance to the threats and risks
Understanding security concepts, engaging in security planning, and implementing security by design.
2. Understand and assess security measures to counter the terrorist threat
Utilising physical means, implementing security technologies, assessing intelligence and threat indicators, considering the human factor, ensuring personnel security, and managing security processes.
3. Leveraging intelligence
Conducting risk assessments, understanding intelligence fundamentals and components, learning intelligence gathering methods and resources, and deploying security in accordance with intelligence information.
Preparedness and response to terrorist act
1. Response to terror incident
Developing an emergency response plan, including detailed emergency procedures, and tailoring emergency response to various threats such as armed assault, improvised explosive device, and ramming attack.
Eligibility criteria
Candidates should read the following eligibility criteria carefully. You will need to submit an application and be approved by the certifying body before you are eligible to enrol on this course.
Academic and Experience
You are required to have either one of the following:
- A minimum university degree and at least 2 years’ experience in the security, law enforcement or military field, OR
- Relevant experience in the field of security, law enforcement or military with at least 5 years in executive or management role and/or responsibility if you do not have a relevant degree.
Declaration
You must not have a criminal record and are required to declare this status during the application process.
Professional References
You are required to submit 2 professional references who have personal knowledge of and can validate your security experience, character and good standing.