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NATO and Prototyping Warfare - a short, crisp and very insightful text! Thanks! Arnel David and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Prototyping, based on rapid iteration and experimentation, offers a dynamic alternative to traditional development models. Enhanced prototyping can leverage NATO's diverse talent across 32 nations in three ways: 🔑 Increase risk tolerance and fund commanders to experiment with commercial technologies outside the standard program. Early testing and prototyping are vital for competitive advantages in modern conflict. 🔑 Expand the use of digital gaming and simulation technologies for regular testing of concepts and plans. These tools enhance AI applications and improve decision-making and warfighting systems. 🔑 Actively adopt and integrate AI technologies. Early adoption is crucial, and NATO should start testing AI tools, building on experiments like ScaleAI’s Donovan.

New paper from NATO: “Hybrid Threats and Hybrid Warfare Reference Curriculum". Read it here: https://lnkd.in/drfz7NNb The paper addresses our current conflict environment, a complex and multi-layered environment. It highlights how state actors using hybrid threats, military and non-military tactics in order to reach there short term and long term objectives. 🔑 It emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to identify, anticipate, and mitigate risks. Key themes include understanding threat vectors, roles of various actors, and counter-strategies. Three insights/recommendations: ✨ All actors, incl. e.g.: small-medium enterprises and smaller agencies must recognize diverse risks and build resilience. ✨Collaboration with larger organizations is essential for effective information sharing and resource allocation. ✨Continuous education and training are crucial to developing skills for recognizing and responding to hybrid threats.

Tack för ditt framåtlutande engagemang Carl Heath! Kloka och inspirerande tankar! ”Som synes är det möjligt att inte sitta i baksätet och se på hur det digitala landskapet förändras. Det går att ta ansvar, det går att engagera sig och det går att skapa och forma en framtid som bättre gynnar samhället i stort, såväl som medborgare. Det går att förbättra samhällets digitala kommunikation och medborgarengagemang, stärka demokratin i en digital tid och öka samhällets digitala resiliens. Det är val vi som samhälle kan göra. Vad väntar vi på?” https://lnkd.in/dsi_rJ3S

”Maybe Russians aren’t that good; maybe we just suck.” … we, the western societies are naive, defensive and our ability to see or understand the big picture is limited!? New report, insights from EU DisinfoLab and Qurium “For two years, multiple sets of evidence have been gathered on: 🚨How easy it is to impersonate dozens of online media brands, governments, and international institutions by buying cheap alternative web domains. 🚨How easy it is to bypass daily all advertising transparency requirements of online platforms to target malicious content to European audiences. 🚨How easy it is to create and run hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of fake accounts on platforms to artificially propagate an untrue or misleading story on social media. 🚨How easy it is to use these fake accounts to make it seem, including to journalists, that these stories are gaining organic traction without any evidence of such virality. 🚨How easy it is to set up cyber-criminal infrastructure activities inside Europe, even in a very high-profile operation, without any consequences for the offenders and intermediaries that allow these operations to run. requirements of online platforms to target malicious content to European audiences.”

Detta är bra, tillsammans kan vi bygga bättre motståndskraft. Helhetssyn, resurser, effekt!

Today Regeringskansliet, Henrik Landerholm and Pål Jonson presented the new Swedish national security strategy. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dAXzZjsC … focusing on my area of expertise, psychological defense, I would like to highlight following: TRUST AND CONFIDENCE Trust among citizens and confidence in public institutions are the bedrock of a resilient society. Sweden boasts high interpersonal trust and robust civic engagement, fostering a stable democracy and strong social cohesion. However, this trust must be fiercely protected. Institutions need to deliver results and maintain their integrity, shielding against e.g.: infiltration, corruption and cyber threats. INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS Sweden faces continuous influence campaigns designed to erode trust in authorities and skew public opinion. These campaigns, often orchestrated by state actors, exploit digital platforms to spread disinformation and conspiracy theories. Such tactics amplify insecurity and societal division, directly attacking the bedrock of democratic institutions. DISINFORMATION Disinformation floods digital platforms and social media, disrupting democratic dialogue and fracturing social cohesion, thus jeopardizing national security. Hostile actors sow false rumors and conspiracy theories to breed uncertainty and distrust. Combating this requires sharp situational awareness and tight-knit cooperation across sectors, particularly leveraging the capabilities of private corporations and enhancing the digital forensic capabilities of government agencies. CONSPIRACY THEORIES The spread of conspiracy theories is a deliberate psychological assault on democracy and societal stability. These theories polarize and confuse the population, hampering authorities' ability to maintain security and order. SUMMARY Strengthening Sweden's psychological defense demands a bold, comprehensive approach. It's imperative to boost trust in public institutions, aggressively counter disinformation and conspiracy theories, and foster robust public-private partnerships. Corporations must be integral in this fight, and government agencies need enhanced digital forensic capabilities. Maintaining high social cohesion and trust is crucial for Sweden to withstand and repel both internal and external threats, ensuring it remains a bastion of stability and security. #cybersecurity #resilience #defense #disinformation Combitech Sverige