Slideset 11 from a 10-part Cognitive Security course at CanSecWest 2022 (what can I say? Everyone loves a bonus slideset)

1. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
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2022
Session 11:
hotwash
Disinformation/Malign Influence Training
Disarm Foundation | 2022
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2. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
|
2022
Course structure
Understand environment
1: Introduction
2: Information and response
3: Threats
Set up project
4: Project setup
5: Data collection
Manage components
6: Influence
7: Narratives
8: Behaviours
Manage risk
9: Risk assessment
10: Risk measurement
Hotwash
Module 11: hot wash
● How did we do?
● What else would you like to learn?
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3. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
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Disarm
Foundation
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2022
Session 6.2: hotwash

4. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
|
2022
Course schedule
4
DAY 1: understanding cogsec
9-10:30
Session 1: introduction
Exercise: play games
10:30-12
Session 2: information and response
Exercise: information & response landscapes
12-1 lunch
1-2:30
Session 3: threats
Exercise: threat landscape
2:30-4
Session 4: project setup
Exercise: set up your project resources
4-5:30
Session 5: data collection
Exercise: gather data for your project
DAY 2: managing cogsec
9-10:30
Session 6: influence
Exercise: influence analysis
10:30-12
Session 7: narratives
Exercise: narrative analysis
12-1 lunch
1-2:30
Session 8: behaviours
Exercise: behaviour analysis
2:30-4
Session 9: risk assessment
Exercise: purple team
4-5:30
Session 10: risk prioritisation
Exercise: hotwash
Each session is 55 mins taught, 30 mins exercise

5. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
|
2022
Course outcomes - the starting point
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
● Elaborate how information security and cognitive security interact
● Evaluate persuasive technology at different scales
● Evaluate influence operation mechanisms and tracking techniques
● Use tools to investigate account and network-level coordinated
inauthentic activities
● Understand ethical behaviour around misinformation and disinformation
response and research
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6. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
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2022
Course project
Explore an information harm area or incident
of your choice:
● Assess information, harms, and response
environments
● Organise project
● Gather data
● Identify incident artifacts
● Identify narratives and behaviours
● Suggest counters
● Report out - in a format of your choice
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Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Project_Management_(project_control).png

7. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
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2022
Your project
Outputs
● Tweets, report, alert?
● Data science, notes, examples?
Topics
● Medical
● Disaster
● Elections
● Business
● War
Geography
● Region
● Country
● City etc
Creators
● Nationstate / criminal / insider / etc
Community
● Who is affected?
Harms
● Misinformation
● Disinformation
● Conspiracies
● Rumours
Channels
● Social media
● URLs
● Offline
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8. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
|
2022
Hotwash
Did you learn what you wanted to?
What else would you like to do?

9. Disinformation/Malign
Influence
Training,
Disarm
Foundation
|
2022
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