Defining & Doing Cyber Intelligence - CYBINT

online

English

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General information

With a focus on the key content that it communicates, this course begins by, firstly, defining ‘Cyber Intelligence’ (CYBINT), together with outlining the ‘rationale’ for CYBINT, such as for Cyber Security purposes. Secondly, the course examines how CYBINT work can be structured, with an emphasis on the ‘factors to consider', CYBINT ‘dimensions’, then moving to a focus on the processes of ‘prioritisation’ and ‘sense- to decision-making’. Thirdly, the course concentrates on the ‘doing’ of CYBINT, advancing System-of-Systems Dynamics (SoSD) concepts, for example, PMESII as harnessed by entities such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Fourthly, CYBINT-relevant Intelligence Engineering (IE) pathways forward are introduced, before, fifthly, coming to some overall course conclusions & takeaways. Those last qualities include greater consideration that in CYBINT enterprises: (i) ‘The whole equals more than sum of (individual) parts’; extending to (ii) the position that we are moving conditions and situations ‘From “wait & watch” to “see & strike”’ operationally up and across to strategically; as well as (iii) that ‘Situational Awareness remains key overall’.

Methodology:

Blended learning - mixed-methods: 5 online sessions (each with approx. 10mins video lecture) + complete 5 multiple choice test assignments for course assessment.

Bibliography:

J. Ettinger, et al., Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Report: The State of Cyber Intelligence Practices in the United States (Carnegie Mellon University, 2019), p.1 - PDF freely downloadable online via: https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/asset_files/Collection/2019_300_001_546590.pdf (accessed: November 2021); further reading/resources via: https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?assetID=546578 (accessed: November 2021).

A.D.M. Svendsen, Intelligence Engineering: Operating Beyond the Conventional (New York: Rowman & Littlefield / Security & Professional Intelligence Education Series - SPIES, 2017), p.18 - e.g. e-textbook online purchase/rent options via: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Adam_D_M_Svendsen_Intelligen..., as well as via other book retailers in other formats (accessed: November 2021).

US National Institutes for Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber, The Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1 - Presentation (USA: October 2019) - via: https://NIST.gov/topics/cybersecurity/ (accessed: November 2021); see also the other resources available for access via that link/URL.

A.D.M. Svendsen, ‘Advancing “Defence-in-depth”: Intelligence and Systems Dynamics’, Defense & Security Analysis, 31, 1 (2015), pp.58-73 - available via: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14751798.2014.995337.

A.D.M. Svendsen, ‘Contemporary intelligence innovation in practice: Enhancing “macro” to “micro” systems thinking via “System of Systems” dynamics’, Defence Studies, 15, 2 (2015), pp.105-123 - available via: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702436.2015.1033850.

A.D.M. Svendsen, Understanding the Globalization of Intelligence (Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2012), p.12 - e-book purchase/rent options via - e.g.: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/A_Svendsen_Understanding_the... via other book purchase options.

A.D.M. Svendsen, The Professionalization of Intelligence Cooperation: Fashioning Method out of Mayhem (Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2012) - e-book purchase/rent options via - e.g.: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/A_Svendsen_The_Professionali... via other book purchase options.

Frans P.B. Osinga, Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd (London: Routledge, 2007) - via: https://www.routledge.com/Science-Strategy-and-War-The-Strategic-Theory-...

US General S. McChrystal, et al., Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World (London: Portfolio, 2015) - via: https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/library/team-teams-new-rules-engagement-...

Programming

Conferencia magistral Duración: 8min
Course Introduction
Adam D.M.Svendsen, Global & International Studies Program
Conferencia magistral Duración: 4min
Session 1: Defining Cyber Intelligence - CYBINT
Adam D.M.Svendsen, Global & International Studies Program
Conferencia magistral Duración: 6min
Session 2: Structuring CYBINT
Adam D.M.Svendsen, Global & International Studies Program
Conferencia magistral Duración: 7min
Session 3: Doing CYBINT + System of Systems (SoS) approach
Adam D.M.Svendsen, Global & International Studies Program
Conferencia magistral Duración: 7min
Session 4: Intelligence Engineering pathways forward
Adam D.M.Svendsen, Global & International Studies Program
Conferencia magistral Duración: 5min
Session 5: Conclusions & Takeaways
Adam D.M.Svendsen, Global & International Studies Program