Ethical Hacking is critical in the fight against criminal elements and other threat actors who look to exploit businesses, organizations, and individuals online. Our Ethical Hacking courses will teach you the latest tools, techniques, and methodologies to test and detect application, system, and infrastructure vulnerabilities, prepare comprehensive analysis reports, and give you the skills needed to implement the appropriate procedures, policies, fixes, equipment, and protocols absolutely necessary to reduce exposure.

Kidnappings, abductions, and other forms of illegal detention are real threats to individual security, to employees, and volunteers. There are more than 40,000 kidnap-and-ransom cases involving business travelers reported every year. But many individuals and organizations take the mistaken stance that it will never happen to them. As in all security related issues, being prepared can make all the difference. Our Anti-Kidnapping and Counter-Custody courses will give you the skills and knowledge to stay safe.

The upsurge of terrorism, violent extremism and organized crimes has produced an increased need for highly skilled private security contractors both domestically and internationally. Our Protective Security and Protective Intelligence Courses provide comprehensive, real-world risk mitigation training that covers the most vital concepts required to effectively protect clients in low to high-risk protective operations required by individuals, private companies, NGOs, and governmental agencies.

First Strike supports the general public, law enforcement, armed forces, private security, NGOs, businesses, and others with their firearms training needs. From Basic Defensive Handgun to Advanced Tactical Carbine, Close Quarters Combat and Tactical Movement, we have a training program that will help you safely, quickly, and effectively use your firearm at a level that greatly exceeds that of the majority of gun owners anywhere.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a burglary is committed every 3.8 seconds. Even scarier is that there are over 1.03 million home invasions each year, with more than 27% of those cases turning violent. First Strike can train you to not only reduce the risk of you or your family becoming a victim in your own home, but provide you with the tools and skills to defend yourself if the unthinkable happens.

Using Deadly Force is always the last possible resort. Less Than Lethal (LTL) weapons, also called Less Lethal, Non-lethal, or Non-Deadly, are compliance tools that induce pain to deter or mitigate an attack, and are less likely to kill a person than conventional weapons such as knives and firearms. First Strike has long believed that individuals and organizations should incorporate LTL into their overall Protection Plans.

For three decades, First Strike has provided low-cost or no-cost AWARE training for women seeking to better understand and mitigate the risk of sexual violence, rape, and other forms of abuse. As an acronym, it stands for Arming Women Against Rape & Endangerment, which is the entire focus. In a very real sense, participants are armed with knowledge, courage, and effective self-defense skills that allow them to resist, defend, escape, and survive. These courses cover a variety of topics ranging defensive tactics and less than lethal weapons, to the advanced and tactical use of different firearms.

First Strike Range Safety Officers (RSO) are an essential part of firearms training. They possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude required to effectively, efficiently, and safely organize, conduct, and supervise shooting activities and range operations. The course is delivered online and teaches students the knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations.

The ability to provide immediate aid to an injured person is a critical skill that everyone should have. It can make the difference between life and death. First Strike offers a variety of quality medical response education that’s current, evidence-based, peer-reviewed and accepted worldwide. Our programs are designed for busy health care professionals, non-medical individuals, companies, and non-governmental organizations who require the highest standard training and recognized certifications to meet personal development, positional, or regulatory requirements.

In today’s society, it is critically important that law enforcement, correctional officers, and security personnel properly understand the Use of Force Continuum, and are able to effectively, efficiently, and safely control subjects to effect arrests. First Strike offers a number of comprehensive academic and hands-on-training programs in Defensive Tactics, Control Techniques, Weaponless Defense, Less Than Lethal, and more to help professionals better serve their communities while maintaining the highest levels of readiness so they can return home safely after their shifts.

Staying fit to stay safe. Tactical and Functional Fitness is all about coming home at the end of the day. It’s about being able to perform the duties of the job be it in law enforcement, security, firefighting, or as an operator in the field. If you’re out of shape, you’re at risk and you’re a risk to others. Composed of both hands on training and lectures that will allow you to develop plans and routines conducive to maintaining fitness levels ideal for your professional responsibilities, these courses are about work. That is, it’s not about working out, it’s about developing functional fitness directly linked to your job responsibilities. It revolves around things like lifting, crawling, jumping, and other mobility exercises that are functional and using non-traditional equipment based on peer reviewed scientific reports, not fads and hyperbole.