Intelligence and the Cyber Environment

The Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies will hold the next in its Raytheon UK-sponsored conference series 'Emergent Issues in 21st Century Intelligence'.  This two day event from 17-18 May 2013 will address intelligence, security and information operations in the cyber environment as part of the wider 21st Century strategic and defence operational environments.  The conference will be held on Brunel University's campus with no cost to attend.  Deadline for registration is 10 April 2013.  To register, send an email to conference administrator Ms. Neveen Abdalla at neveen.abdalla@brunel.ac.uk  For Directions to the campus, please visit: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/campus/directions

The rapid embrace of cyberspace by modern society brings complex challenges and opportunities for intelligence communities. Despite its pervasiveness, cyberspace as an operational environment is still approached mainly in terms of network security and external threats to the national information space and critical infrastructure. Equivalent attention to the opportunities and challenges of the cyber environment for active intelligence collection, pro-active counter-intelligence and offensive information and influence operations is increasingly essential. This conference will address this growing blind spot in strategic and operational thinking by organizing content around two interwoven themes of  Technology and Systems' and 'Policy and Doctrine.

For the detailed agenda of the conference, see the attached flyer.

Part of the Seminar Series on Emergent Issues in 21st Century Intelligence