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Reference: Cyber-Intelligence–Restore the Republic Of, By, and For…

This week’s Book post, Infinite Wealth for All, set the stage for this week’s Politics post, which focuses on The New Craft of Cyber-Intelligence–a blending of advanced public intelligence and advanced Information Operations (IO). Let’s start with a great Mashable piece, 4 Predictions for the Future of Politics and Social Media, from which I have …

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Journal: Analysis of STUXNET, Iran, and US Vulnerability

David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond 22 December 2010, Preliminary Assessment Did Stuxnet Take Out 1,000 Centrifuges at the Natanz Enrichment Plant? 10 pages Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) Phi Beta Iota: US Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) computer systems are still on the Internet and still very vulnerable to internal …

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Event: 1-3 February Santa Clara CA Strata Making Data Work

O’Reilly Strata Conference: Turn data into decisions Register Now & Save up to $250 Big Data is here, and it changes everything. From startups to the Fortune 500, smart companies are betting on data-driven insight. Get control of the new data opportunity at Strata—immerse yourself in three full days of hands-on training, information-rich sessions, and …

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Journal: Company Officers in Afghanistan

The American public is getting a very high return on its investment in our current crop of junior officers.  The are bright, industrious, and typically working significantly above their experience and training.  And, day after day, they deliver for us.  Iraq and Afghanistan are junior leaders’ wars.  And OUR junior leaders — officer AND non-commissioned officer …

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