Operations in the Information Environment: Course of Action Analysis Exercise
Authors: Devin Ellis (ICONS); Dr. Egle Murauskaite (ICONS); Dr. Gary Ackerman (CART, SUNY Albany); Doug Clifford (CART, SUNY Albany) Publication Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. The ICONS Project, a wargaming and simulation organization at the University […]
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Information in Joint Operations: Insights for Commanders and Planners From Competitive Risk Modeling
Authors: Dr. Robert Elder (George Mason University)and Dr. Alex Levis (George Mason University) Publication Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. George Mason University (GMU) worked with Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to identify risks […]
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The Future Character of Information in Strategy: Forged by Cognition and Technology
Author: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. Publication preview: The basic cognitive nature of how human brains process information hasn’t changed for millennia, including how we use information in strategy. Information is crucial […]
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Experimental Red Teaming to Support Integration of Information in Joint Operations
Authors: Gary Ackerman, Douglas Clifford, Anna Wetzel, Jenna LaTourette and Hayley Peterson (CART) Publication Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. As part of the modeling and simulation phase of the IIJO effort, the Center for Advanced RedTeaming […]
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Measuring Information Effects
Author: Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.) Publication Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. The objective of the Integrating Information into Joint Operations (IIJO) project is to assess the ways in which the Joint Force can most effectively […]
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Information Maneuver in Military Operations
Author: Dr. Robert Elder (George Mason University) Invited Perspective Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. Treating information as a form of maneuver can provide powerful advantages to commandersand political leaders responsible for US and partner national security. […]
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Effective Communication: Lessons Learned From Those Outside the US Government and Military
Authors: Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI, Inc.) and George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Summary Report Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. This report integrates key insights and lessons learned from the SMA IIJO effort about how those outside of […]
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Operational Cyberpsychology: Adapting a Special Operations Model for Cyber Operations
Author: Dr. Jason Spitaletta (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) Invited Perspective Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. This paper conceptualizes operational cyberpsychology as a field that supports missions intended to project power in and through cyberspace […]
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Cognitive Defense of the Joint Force in a Digitizing World
Author: Dr. Nicholas Wright (Georgetown University, University College London (UCL), Intelligent Biology and New America) Report Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. How can we defend the humans in the Joint Force—and its key support networks—from adversarial […]
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Assessments of Operations in the Information Environment for the Eastern Mediterranean and South China Sea
Authors: Howard Lee, Dr. Jumanne Donahue, Dr. David Hunter-Chester, Neil Sleevi, and Nicole Jobe (TRADOC G-2) Report Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. In support of the USAF and the SMA, the TRADOC G-2 Modeling and Simulations […]
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