Overview
The threat of terrorism – and the need to confront it – has greatly increased in recent years. The complexity and ever-growing sophistication of today’s international terrorists require greatly enhanced effectiveness and efficiency from all agencies and units entrusted with such security.

Objective
Fortitude was established with the specific objective of responding to the rapidly rising global demand for advanced security instruction and training, particularly in the realms of counter-terrorism and advanced combat tactics.

Complexity
At the State level, today’s rapid response SWAT and Counter-Terrorism units are principally trained for incidents involving barricaded suspects, high-risk arrests and basic hostage rescue operations.

These units are rarely trained for the far more complex counter-terrorism threats such as the: neutralizing of suicide bombers; the managing of non-conventional terror incidents; the rescue of multiple hostages, where suicide bombers are involved; and the assault on explosives laboratories, etc.

Concept
The training and instruction concept developed by Fortitude is based on a comprehensive security array which incorporates all the essential elements that address diverse terrorist and other security threats. The aim is to ensure that any security entity – police, military, or other – can operate fully independently, while at the same time working with other units and agencies in a seamless manner. The objective is the maximization of thwarting capabilities.

Strength
Fortitude’s strength lies in its instructors, many of whom are world-leading experts in their specialist fields. They bring to the courses an unparalleled combination of decades of operational experience that is blended with ground-breaking academic research, undertaken at internationally renowned institutes.