The following article is an original work published by the Information Professionals Association. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. By John Bicknell, with support from Paul Lieber This past month, the Information Professionals Association’s (IPA) Cognitive Crucible podcast released...Read More

The following article is an original work published by the Information Professionals Association. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. In this essay, the authors introduce the concept of the Cyber Binary, describe some variables needed to determine the cyber...Read More

The following article is an original work published by the Information Professionals Association. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. By Tom Kent As Vladimir Putin tightens his stranglehold on what his citizens see and hear, will radio once again...Read More

The Information Professionals Association is pleased to announce that registration is open for the next event in the Phoenix Challenge events series: Phoenix Challenge 2: The 2022 DoD Symposium on Information Strategy and Political Warfare (SISPoW) “Assessing Information Advantage Across the Four Defense Priorities” When: June 22-24, 2022 Where: Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina...Read More

Information Professionals Association Member Dr. Tadd Sholtis, Chief of Strategy and Assessments in the U.S. Air Force Office of Public Affairs, is seeking opportunities to assist researchers in the information professionals community by providing access to relevant data, personnel, and information products, and other non-monetary support. The Secretary of the Air Force’s Office of Public...Read More

Information Professionals Association member Tom Kent recently published a piece at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). His article, “Russian Propagandists Regain Footing on Ukraine,” cautions that Russia’s recent information operations (IO) failures in Ukraine may be short lived, and the West should stay vigilant and especially watchful of Russia’s IO efforts in Africa...Read More

Information Professionals Association President Kevin Gates provided an overview of the association’s accomplishments and previewed IPA’s upcoming activities during a presentation at the Phoenix Challenge 2022 conference in April at the University of Maryland Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS). The presentation covered information about IPA’s most recent Order of Hermes award winner,...Read More

The Information Professionals Association conferred the Order of Hermes Award on Mr. Eric Wallace, former Chief of the Information Proponent Division at the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Staff and IW/EW subject matter expert at COLSA. IPA selected Mr. Wallace based on his career accomplishments spanning more than 20 years in the information field which...Read More

April 17, 2022 – Registration to attend Phoenix Challenge 2022 in person on April 26-28 is now CLOSED. We are thrilled by the response and look forward to seeing you there! However, you may participate virtually* in Phoenix Challenge 2022 through a SECURE VTC connection in a SCIF. You must be present in a SCIF/classified bridge...Read More

The Phoenix Challenge 2022 Information Advantage and Cognitive Security Workshop Series will be held April 26-28, 2022 in College Park, MD. Register here! The Information Professionals Association is pleased to co-host Phoenix Challenge 2022 with the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), on behalf of the Undersecretary of Defense for...Read More