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DESCRIPTION:Information warfare\, disinformation\, and propaganda have pers
isted since the beginning of recorded history. Much like many of the world
's oldest professions (espionage and sex work)\, information warfare has c
ome under a variety of names and agendas. And much like espionage and sex
work\, information warfare remains alive and well in the present day.
<
br>From the old world where we have Asurbanipal's clay tablets relating el
aborate tales of "glorious" military victories to Bernays's ushering in th
e modern era dominated by 20th century multi-modal propaganda campaigns\,
this talk will delve into a history of the sordid concept known as infowar
. The panel will examine the pre-history of disinformation\, iWar\, misinf
ormation and propaganda\, all through both an historical and technical len
s. They will address the advent of the printing press\, moving swiftly to
Wordpress and the Dark Net.
With respect to our present predicament
in 2020\, rather than clay tablets and cuneiform\, we have dysfunctional
social media systems\, broken identity management concepts\, multi-nationa
l troll farms\, and a profusion of Internet-connected systems\, all of whi
ch adversaries with malicious intent routinely manipulate. The concept of
the Internet being used as an information warfare domain was not a twinkle
in the eyes of inventors of the packet switched system that became known
as ARPANET. The Internet was designed for functionality\, not security\, a
nd therefore remains insecure. Trust and the integrity of information is s
till an issue 60 some years after the first proof of concepts reared their
head at the RAND corporation.
This talk will address the challenge
s surrounding information warfare management\, the intersection of infowar
and iWar\, as well as methods for identifying and inoculating against the
strategies and tactics of 21st century iWar/PSYWAR operators. It will ref
erence recent examples of state-sponsored activities\, Coronavirus-related
activity in the DNS\, and will look ahead to the 2020 election and beyond
.
DTSTAMP:20200907T012853Z
LOCATION:Public Talk Stream
SUMMARY:iWar and Information Warfare\, the Next Phase of Internet Motility:
Manipulation Inherent to the Internet's DNA - Alexander Urbelis\, Roel Sc
houwenberg\, Daniel Nowak
URL:http://scheduler.hope.net/hope2020/talk/VRQNT9/
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