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A recent post in Schneier on Security blog explores the question of “Should There Be Limits on Persuasive Technologies?” Public-interest technologist and Harvard Kennedy School fellow Bruce Schneier examines the public role and impact of persuasion during a pivotal time in technological development, accessibility and analytics, location-based capabilities and data, and political divisiveness and vulnerability....
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Editor’s Note: Informational Professionals Association (IPA) Advisor Michael Williams offers his analysis of Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1-4: Competing. In this new publication, Marine Corps Commandant General David H. Berger focuses on the “competition continuum” as a guide for approaching varying levels of interactions that encompass today’s competitive landscape. Chapters include: Chapter 1. The Nature...
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Navy Vice Admiral Jeffrey E. Trussler, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare/Director of Naval Intelligence, stressed the need for speed in information and decision-making to maintain military advantage. VADM Trussler spoke about the Navy’s role in Information Warfare during a joint event between the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the...
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Order of Hermes awardees December 5, 2020.
The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is proud to recognize COL Gerald Dezsofi (left) and LTC Nicholas Parker (right) for the Order of Hermes (OoH) on December 5, 2020. The Order of Hermes (OoH) is an honorary award from IPA to recognize individuals for exceptional service and contributions in the field of cognitive security and information...
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Phoenix Challenge 2.0 Virtual Event Coming in Winter 2021 The Information Professionals Association (IPA) and the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) announced plans to co-host Phoenix Challenge 2.0, the premier information operations conference, as a virtual event in the February/March 2021 timeframe.  The two organizations announced their plans to...
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“In the first week of August, cellphones across Russia lit up with surprising text messages. They came from different numbers, but each said the same thing in Russian: “The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for information about interference in the US elections. If you have information, contact rfj.tips/bngc.” The State Department...
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Defense News published an article on November 4, “The military must learn to operate more in the gray zone,” citing a recent interview on the Information Professionals Association (IPA) Cognitive Crucible podcast (Cognitive Crucible Episode 13 available on IPA’s website) with Col. Brian Russell, commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG).  In the...
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Detecting botnet signals using process mining Editor’s Note: John Bicknell, Vice President of the Information Professionals Association (IPA), and Werner G. Krebs, co-authored a new article in the Journal for Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory on how artificial intelligence (AI), process mining technologies illuminated bot activity within a 2015-era terrorist Twitter dataset. The bot logic...
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Editor’s note:  Defense One put up a nice summary filled with data on the spread of misinformation leading up to the US election.  It’s far from reassuring.  Despite the concerted efforts of social media companies and most media outlets, misinformation spread quickly and remains very entrenched with a backlash suggesting a surge in lack of...
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Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Dr. Paul Lieber, an IPA member and Chief Scientist at COLSA Corporation.  The material below is Dr. Lieber’s personal opinion and does not imply an official IPA position or endorsement.  However, as an association we welcome member views on this blog and intend to further a...
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