Unrelenting high-speed global information attacks that fragment adversary populations into antagonistic tribal factions share many characteristics with information security operations: reach, distribution, adaptation and attack styles. This exercise continues and tests work on the mapping of misinformation campaigns onto information security response frameworks, investigating the techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) used in them, the synergies from this approach, and the infrastructure that we need for CERT-style alerts and updates.
Graphic novellas are a medium with a rich tradition of use by the U.S. Army. For generations, the Army has successfully used this medium for conveying important messages across the force. Today, the Army Cyber Institute is continuing this tradition based on science fiction prototypes of cyber threats it may encounter on future battlefields. This retrospective book discusses the Army’s historical use of the medium, and how it is being applied as a tool for educating the modern cyber force.
The year is 2030. Large swaths of the world are destabilized. Famine is rampant due to the aftermath of the long legacy of failed globalization. Citizens from poorer countries are migrating to escape famine, war, climate change, and lack of opportunity created by failed states. Wealthier countries, worried about resource scarcity, close themselves off to the refugees.
In August 2016, the Army Cyber Institute hosted a threatcasting workshop at West Point. Twenty five individuals from a variety of sectors came together for two days in order to investigate and explore a variety of possible threats to America cyber security. It was an interdisciplinary and collaborative session to envision future cyber threats ten years in the future, 2026.
In May of 2017 the Threatcasting Lab at Arizona State University and the Army Cyber Institute conducted Threatcasting West workshop. Threatcasting is a conceptual framework that allows multidisciplinary (public, private, and academic) groups to envision and plan against threats in the future. In it we not only describe tomorrow’s threats but also identify specific actions, indicators and concrete steps that can be taken today to disrupt, mitigate and recover from these future threats.
With 80 participants from diverse organizations, we created 35 unique futures while exploring complex issues including the evolution of complex automated systems, a highly susceptible agriculture sector, the accumulation of power via digital means, and the question of what happens if our data becomes untrustworthy.
Over the next decade, weaponized and adversarial narratives will be designed to sow chaos and polarization across targeted populations and at the individual level, exploiting historical divisions between people and organizations to destabilize global markets and national security.
The Future of Information Warfare Threatcasting Workshop will explore the coming decade’s emerging technological and cultural trends and envision future possible and potential threats.
The world is 2030. The attack plain has widened. Weapons of mass destruction have evolved in the cyber age. What is our new reality? What is the nexus between cyber warfare and traditional weapons of mass destruction? How will we counter our adversaries?
The Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Threatcasting Workshop will explore the coming decade’s emerging technological and cultural trends and envision future possible and potential threats.