And Silycon Valley will be right there to help their insect overlords.Posted by charger
For an 'deep dive' perspective: Audra J. Wolfe's Freedom's Laboratory, The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science.
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| Operationalizing OSINT Full-Spectrum Military Operations |
| 2019-01-14 |
| [SmallWarsJournal] Cyber resources available in abundance online, offline, locked in enterprise systems of record, or even in dusty hard copy libraries offer the Department of Defense (DoD) unique insight for use in all military operations. Enemies of the United States are currently operationalizing these libraries effectively, and with global reach, at little cost. As Steve Banach, former Ranger Battalion commander and 21st century warfare visionary states: The entity that controls the Virtual Domain and masters Virtual War Campaigning first, will indirectly achieve social control, and will win every war they engage in, at pennies on the dollar. (Source: Small Wars Journal, Virtual War ‐ A Revolution in Human Affairs, Stefan J. Banach, URL: Link, accessed 13 December 2018.) Adversaries of the United States rightly see the vast storehouses of seemingly innocuous data as key to understanding, undermining policy and goals, and potentially supporting kinetic, diplomatic, and economic victory over the United States. Operationalizing seemingly mundane data gives adversaries a powerful asymmetric weapon the DoD must recognize, plan for, counter, and themselves master. Let us take a brief look at three examples of adversarial use of OSINT against the US. Recent examples of cyber operations run the gamut of counter-US strategy efforts at all echelons of command. The table below lists three recent events where competitors operationalized data against US interests: |
| Posted by:newc |
| #4 From B's job link in #1: As an Open Source Collection Officer (OSCO) for the CIA, you will manage the systematic collection of publicly available information in a given region or a subject area to meet customer needs. The information is known as Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and includes traditional mass media, the internet, specialized journals, studies, conference proceedings, geospatial information, and more. Does that sound like Rantburg or what? Maybe with a little Three Days of the Condor thrown in. If there is a young Faye Dunaway involved, I'm totally in. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-01-14 19:14 |
| #3 And Silycon Valley will be right there to help their insect overlords. Posted by charger For an 'deep dive' perspective: Audra J. Wolfe's Freedom's Laboratory, The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-14 17:34 |
| #2 And Silycon Valley will be right there to help their insect overlords. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-01-14 17:19 |
| #1 Open Source Collection Officer opportunity. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-14 07:51 |