The Battlefield Within: The information war has many targets, its most valuable is you
Operations in the information environment (OIE) are experiencing something of a renaissance thanks to social media and the democratisation of …
Tag: Information Operations
NATO in 2040: An Information Odyssey
This paper was written for NATO’s Innovation Hub as part of their Warfighting in 2040 report. All rights are reserved …
Strawberry Terrorism: Why ISIS are interested in Australia’s Strawberry Crisis
With no primary saboteur yet in custody over the insertion of needles into fresh Australian strawberries, ISIS have published a …
The power of info ops for-good campaigns
The term ‘information operations’ – or ‘info ops’ – is usually used in a military context. In more recent times …
On the Defence Connect Podcast: The Art of Influence
This week on the Defence Connect Podcast, social media expert Nicole Matejic joins us to discuss the growing influence of …
Why Businesses Hold the Key to Stemming the Tide of Radicalization
Mathew Sweeny spoke to Nicole about radicalisation and the Info Ops HQ report into Australian Foreign Fighters in this piece …
The Hypocrisy of Hope: is radicalisation a form of addiction?
LONG READ As the Australian Government brings forth legislation to detain high risk individuals indefinitely, I take a look at …
Yes Daesh hijacked the #JustinBieber feed. No – this isn’t a new tactic.
When the #JustinBieber hash tag was hijacked by Daesh recently, the news media were quick to get one of the …
Why we don’t need a CVE “counter narrative”: this war is about actions, not words
In the race to ‘do something’ to counter Daesh propaganda, Governments in the West have forgotten that actions speak louder …
Prisoners of the Information War
Misinformation is now the global weapon of choice and YOU are the one being held hostage by the highest pay-per-click …