The White House Asked Social Media Companies to Look for Terrorists. Here’s Why They’d #Fail.
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept, 20 January 2016
Berto Jongman: Data Mining Does Not Work for Finding Terrorists
09 Terrorism, IO ImpotencyBerto Jongman: Citi Global Risk Paradigm Change
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The New Convergence Between Geopolitical and Vox Populi Risks, and Why It Matters
Graphic and comment below the fold.
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Tyler Sweatt: US Intelligence Disruption?
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The U.S. Intelligence Community Wants Disruptive Change as Long as it’s Not Disruptive
Josh Kerbel,War on the Rocks, January 20, 2016
To change this situation, the intelligence community must get over its now illusory belief that its value-added comes mostly from information to which it alone has access — secrets.
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John Chambers: US Needs a Presidential Discussion of Digital Transition and Need for a Truly Open Innovation Ecosystem
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Cisco’s John Chambers: The Big Topic Missing From The U.S. Presidential Debates
In order to capture this inflection point, countries need to focus on three areas.
Stephen E. Arnold: How Big Data Is Missing the Mark
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How Big Data Is Missing the Mark
At this point in the Big Data sensation, many businesses are swimming in data without the means to leverage it effectively. TechWeek Europe cites a recent survey from storage provider Pure Storage in its write-up, “Big Data ‘Fails Businesses’ Due to Access, Skills Shortage.” Interestingly, most of the problems seem to have more to do with human procedures and short-sightedness than any technical shortcomings. Writer Tom Jowitt lists the three top obstacles as a lack of skilled workers, limited access to information, and bureaucracy. He tells us:
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Steven Aftergood: US Army Intelligence Support to Urban Operations
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Intelligence Support to Urban Military Operations
To the eyes of a military planner, a city presents “an elaborate combination of horizontal, vertical, interior, and exterior forms superimposed on a landscape’s natural relief, drainage, and vegetation.” A newly reissued U.S. Army manual contemplates the difficulties facing military action in the urban environment with a focus on intelligence collection. See Intelligence Support to Urban Operations, TC 2-91.4, December 2015. Read additional extracts.
Helen Stewart: Drug Cartels Hack Border Patrol Drones
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US Border Patrol Drones Hacked by Drug Cartels
The drug cartels are hacking US Border Patrol drones in order to cross the US-Mexican border illegally.
