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Crime and Intelligence Analysis: Cyber Intelligence

This research guide contains information-- both current and historical--on the topic of intelligence. Areas covered include intelligence collection, the intelligence cycle, and also topics such as counterintelligence and cyber intelligence.

Cyber Intelligence

Cyber Intelligence can be defined as the tracking, analyzing, and countering of digital security threats.  This type of intelligence is a mixture if physical espionage and defense with modern information technology.  

The cyber intelligence community provides security against digital threats such ad viruses, hackers, and terrorists that aim to steal sensitive information over the Internet.  

 

(From www.wisegeek.com)

Online Resources

Strategic Intelligence Management

ONLINE RESOURCES

Congressional Research Service.  (2015, January 8).  Summary: H.R. 234 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.  Link to source

Heilman, W.  (2016, January 18).  National Cyber Intelligence Center to assist with real-time responses.  Government Technology.  Link to source

IWP launches Cyber Intelligence Initiative.  (2016, May 24).  Institute of World Politics.  Link to source

Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is the human-like intelligence, judgement, learning, and awareness exhibited by machines, along with the branches of computer science and engineering that seek to create intelligent machines.

Since the development of the digital computer in the 1940s, it has been demonstrated that computers can be programmed to carry out very complex tasks. 

(Encyclopedia Britannica)

In the intelligence community, AI can be applied to tasks such as data mining and to basic HUMINT gathering applications.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

Geers, K.  (2011).  Strategic cyber security.  NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.  Link to source

Ghosh, A.  (2016, June 14).  Can artificial intelligence wipe out cyber terror?  Vox.  Link to source

Lockie, A.  (2015, November 10).  Coming home: This West Point grad is using AI and Big Data for national security.  Business Insider.  Link to source

Nelson, K.  (2016, April 25).  Is artificial intelligence the next step in cybersecurity?  Washington Examiner.  Link to source

Rossi, B.  (2016, June 20).  Bring the noise: How AI can improve cyber security.  Information Age.  Link to source

Saptharishi, M.  (n.d.).  The new eyes of surveillance: Artificial intelligence and humanizing technology.  Wired.  Link to source

Solon, O.  (2016, March 3).  These engineers are developing artificially intelligent hackers.  The Guardian.  Link to source