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...Read More

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...Read More

“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...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

Editor’s Note – Now, this is refreshing.  How many times have we read the following words?: “This is not just a local or national threat, but a global one. Europe and the West are experiencing a flood of disinformation campaigns. Although this menace predates the current COVID-19 global pandemic, the public health crisis has provided...Read More

The Pentagon on October 2, 2020 released a summary of the “Irregular Warfare Annex” to the National Defense Strategy of 2018, citing the need to innovate irregular or unconventional capabilities, and combine them with traditional combat power, to maintain the upper hand in global power competition. Irregular warfare is a struggle among state and non-state...Read More

Editor’s note: Following the trend in the military Services, the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) has expanded its Cyber National Mission Initiative to include information operations and electronic warfare, dubbing the new pillar, Joint Information Warfare. The JAIC already has a new tool called “Entropy” to roll out across the Department of Defense that...Read More