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Self-Defense Class for Women

In this session, you will learn how to prevent situations of assault, respond to attacks with equal force, and create the opportunity for escape. Gain a keen understanding of situational awareness and its role in preventing violent crime.

This class will teach physical self-defense skills. Participants need to wear loose, comfortable clothing. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Todd Rosenthal currently serves as SAIC's Security Awareness Training and Education Program lead. He is a seasoned briefer on critical violent incident response and has received recognition and awards for his active shooter emergency preparedness work. He has also developed critically acclaimed training and briefings on social engineering, open-source intelligence, insider threat, counterintelligence awareness, and the protection of the digital footprint. In 2020, Todd's efforts in establishing and maintaining an industrial security program received the prestigious Cogswell Award from the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA).

Having started his security career in 2004 with the United States Secret Service, Rosenthal also studied under the famed Dr. Mark Frank, the nation’s foremost non-verbal communications and micro-expressions expert focused on the detection of aggression and deceit. Rosenthal then earned a double master's degree in Communications and has worked with numerous three-letter agencies, and some of the nation’s largest government contractors.

Rosenthal has provided training and guidance to federal agencies, the intelligence community, all of the military branches, and private establishments and organizations, including non-profits. He is an active member of NCMS: The Society for Industrial Security Professionals and serves as a Chairperson for The Industrial Security Awareness Council of Central Maryland (ISAC-MD).