The IPA Hawaii Chapter is inviting information professionals, colleagues, and friends to join them for a special Meet & Greet during INFOPAC 2026 on September 2. The event is an opportunity to connect with information professionals from INFOPAC and around the world, exchange ideas, and build relationships within the broader information professional community. Whether you...Read More

“When the audience is the machine, our efforts shift from how to protect the population to how we analyze and influence the infrastructure that reaches us. Media literacy taught us to evaluate what people published. Machine literacy teaches us how to evaluate how machines constructed the answer.” Read more in The Audience Is a Machine:...Read More

“There are 65 active state-based conflicts in the world today, according to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program … The contest that matters is not understanding any one of them. It is recognizing the 66th — the next emerging theater — while it is still only a collection of weak signals. The war before the war...Read More

The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is excited to showcase the working agenda for the APEX 2026 Cognitive Security Education Conference, taking place September 8-9, 2026, at the Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center in Reston, Virginia. Over two days, attendees will engage with distinguished military leaders, government officials, academic researchers, and industry experts as they explore...Read More

July 20, 2026 Information Professionals Association Honors Lieutenant Colonel Brian D. Bevan with the Order of Hermes (Silver) The Information Professionals Association (IPA) proudly announces that Lieutenant Colonel Brian D. Bevan has been awarded the Order of Hermes (Silver) in recognition of his distinguished career and exceptional contributions to Information Operations, military deception, and the...Read More

In May 1942, the U.S. Navy needed to confirm where the Imperial Japanese fleet was heading. Commander Joseph Rochefort’s team at Station HYPO instructed the garrison at Midway Atoll to broadcasta fake, unencrypted radio message complaining about a broken water distillation plant. Within hours, U.S. operators intercepted a Japanese transmission reporting that target “AF” was...Read More