Cyber Intelligence

Cyber Intelligence Course

The latest comment: Cyber Intelligence course comments: …  Looking back at the week and the challenge you had per getting us through a necessary set of material, you had your work cut out for you. There’s just so much ground to cover in such little time. The necessary, minimal set is extensive - not surprisingly given the interdisciplinary nature of this area.  The critical theory aspect alone can have a slice taken and become a…

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Treadstone 71 Series of Intelligence Courses – FAQ

Who benefits from the Treadstone 71 series of intelligence courses? Information technology and information security organizations are struggling to produce actual intelligence. Most of what is delivered as intelligence is in fact either data or at best, information. Additionally, these same organizations receive data and information from analyst-type organizations who provide general products. General from the standpoint that they create a single generic threat report and then distribute it many times to most of their…

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Active Defense – Strike, CounterStrike, Mercenary or Vigilante?

The opponent lands combination after combination to the head, ribs, and kidneys. This barrage continues until the defender boxer is knocked out, dragged off the mat to hopefully fight another day. The fighter cannot continue. (Bardin, 2011) This picture is much like our cyber defenses today. Culturally trained to block every punch, cyber defenses attempt to detect where the next punch will hit. Standing toe-to-toe with an adversary that is much more devious, much more…

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They Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice – Green Revolution 2009 – Iran

As we proceed through the negotiations with Iran we must not forget who we are dealing with and the recent history of the Green Revolution of 2009. Many sacrificed all they could. Oppression and censorship were but a few of the actions taken by the IRGC and Basij under the direction of the government. Many died and disappeared. https://cybershafarat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/brief-on-iranian-oppression.pdf Below is a list of those we have lost in Excel format. Iranian dead and detained…

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