Combatting #disinformation: "We can't compromise our American values in the process" BrigGen Richard Angle, Deputy Commanding General, Jt Special Operations Command, tells #FutureSecurityForum
Dangers of taking on #disinformation
"If you engage in it, those pushing it win. If you ignore it, those pushing it win" per BrigGen Angle
"We need to seize the initiative. We beed to own the narrative. And we need to expand the concept of persistent engagement in #cyberspace to persistent engagement in information operations" per BrigGen Angle
"Need to impose a cost"
"This is still about ppl" per BrigGen Angle "It's still about finding the right talent w/the knowledge, skills & attributes to effectively compete in the information environment"
"Do we need more social scientists? Do we need more data scientists? Do we need more behavioral scientists?" per BrigGen Angle "The answer is probably yes to all of those"
Fighting #disinfo - "Just like you can't stop malaria by killing all the mosquitos, you have to inoculate your population" per BrigGen Angle
"Authoritarian countries look at #cyberspace as sovereign territory to be governed, to be influenced" @MITREcorp's Sam Visner, former Chief of Signal Intelligence Programs at @NSAGov, tells #FutureSecurityForum
"They're sometimes surprised that we don't see it that way"
International cooperation w/#disinformation - "This is an area where I think the #UnitedStates continues to have a strong advantage - one perhaps we could use more strongly than we do" per @MITREcorp's Visner, pointing to Five Eyes and others
"It's simply about telling the truth" per Joint Special Operations Command BrigGen Angle
"We have a very very good news story to tell & we shouldn't be shy about telling that story"
"How do we get our narrative out there in volume, in velocity, in scope & scale to not just match but to overmatch our adversaries?" per BrigGen Angle
US military-"We have the authorities to do that but we have centralized the permissions at too high a level, which prevents us from acting at the speed of relevance" per Angle
"We need to have message release authority that doesn't get held at a 4-star level or a 3-star level"
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