Berto Jongman: Cyber Security Solutions for the DoD and Intelligence Community

Cyber Security Solutions for the DoD and Intelligence Community Guest Authors / Jon M. Stout Tripwire.com/State of Security, 3 September 2013 At first glance, it appears that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) have the same cyber security needs as other large organizations in the commercial world. While this is true …

Laurence Kotlikoff: Please Support the INFORM Act, Inter-Generational Fiscal Gap and Accounting Integrity

Dear Friends, I write to ask you to join 11 Nobel Laureates in Economics, other leading economists, and former government officials in endorsing the INFORM ACT (Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act) at www.theinformact.org. All endorsements will be included in a letter to Congress, which is posted on the website, that will appear early this fall …

Eagle: Local Resilience: Software Defined Supply Chain + True Cost Economics?

Today’s complex global supply chains are poised to be dismantled Thanks to the growth of 3D printing, intelligent robots, and open-source hardware, tomorrow’s supply chains will be faster, smaller, cheaper, and local. Nothing exemplifies the exceptional power and scale of today’s highest performing supply chains than the simple phrase: designed in California, assembled In China. …

Mini-Me: Has Europe Been Castrated? Or Just Gotten a Lobotomy? Snowden Shitstorm Goes Global with “Virtual Kidnapping” of Bolivian President

Huh? Bolivia furious over Snowden jet claims Bolivia plane incident infuriates Latin America Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens Snowden case: Bolivia condemns jet ‘aggression’ Snowden case: France apologises in Bolivia plane row South American nations discuss Morales ‘virtual kidnapping’ Unasur Confirms Special Summit in Bolivia US admits contact with …

Jim Clapper: Do I Really Want to Be Here? + Robert Steele’s Simple Guide to Fixing National Intelligence + Intelligence Failure Meta-RECAP 2.0

Americans Must Call for Independent Counsel and Ouster of Clapper (Forbes) Fire James Clapper: The Director of National Intelligence lied to Congress about NSA surveillance. What else will he lie about? (Slate) James Clapper, NSA and the “L” word (Washington Post) James Clapper Reassures Private Contractors In Wake Of NSA Leak (Huffington Post) N.S.A. Disclosures …

Information Operations Newsletter Vol. 13 No. 07

PDF: ARSTRAT_IO_Newsletter_v13_no_07 Articles in this issue are: 1. Social Banditry and the Public Persona of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán 2. India Sets Up Social Media Monitoring Lab 3. Hacking the News: Information Warfare in the Age of Twitter 4. Information Operations Is Just another Media Format Vying For the Eyes of the Audience 5. China’s …