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Cyber Influence - Introduction
David FerbracheHead of Cyber & Influence
Science & Technology Centre
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What is the Cyber & Influence S&T Centre?
Part of the Defence Science and Technology LaboratoryProgramme Office
One of four S&T Centres
Cyber & Influence
Counter Terrorism
Chemical and Biological Defence
Armour and Protection
Focus for scientific advice, research and development supporting MOD and broader national requirements
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What is our vision?
Be the strategic, visionary Centre for MoD Cyberand Influence Activities research; working acrossgovernment to support the NationalCybersecurity Strategy, to exploit collaborative
opportunities, and to avoid duplication of effort.
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What do we do?
Formulate and deliver an innovative, challenging Cyber andInfluence research programme which maximises gearing fromGovernment, Industrial and Academic partners, drawing on the
highest quality technical leadership.
Engage, direct and coordinate this research and developmentthus ensuring the pull-through of such research to relevantoperational, intelligence and security communities, throughappropriate integrated project teams where they exist.
Grasp and exploit opportunities for a visionary, Cyber andInfluence Activities programme, from novel, diverse researchproposals generated by Industry and Academia.
Contribute to the broader debate on the utility and future strategyfor Cyber operations, working closely with the MOD and Office ofCybersecurity.
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Why does Influence matter to us?
Counter Terrorism Counter Narcotics
Counter
Insurgency
Stabilisation
Reconstruction
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In the words of General McChrystal
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So why Cyber + Influence?
No neat geographic boundaries terrorism is a global threat military actions in a theatre interact with global events
Cyberspace is being exploited by our adversaries to:
Distribute Propaganda
Radicalise and Recruit Command and Control
Collect Intelligence
Target and Influence
We encounter the same people in the real world as we do incyberspace or do we?
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How do we think about Cyber Influence?
Real World
Network
Information
Persona
People
Social
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How are things changing?
Grouping by ideology not geography reinforces extremes of behaviours
Contagion of ideas rapid viral spread massed effects and response
Data mining targeting and intelligencecollection by adversaries
Targeting self-selection of targets,personalisation of messages, immersion
Credibility of the image manipulation andforgery dont believe your senses
Internet continues to developbeyond Web 1.0
Complex social applications
Dynamic information resources Semantic web
Pervasive computing