What is the intelligence cycle? Intelligence is conducted in order to answer questions, it isn’t done at random, clutching at any available information and hoping that some of it falls together in a useful way. To produce actionable results, we must be systematic in our approach to conducting intelligence. The intelligence cycle helps guide our intelligence process, from asking the question through to the delivery of a product. Every step is laid out in this cycle. The mean

What are biases? A bias is a disproportionate favouring or disfavouring of a particular idea, person, or group. This is usually in a prejudicial or even unfair manner. Biases can be conscious or unconscious (explicit or implicit, respectively). This article is concerned with cognitive biases: a systematic error in thinking that affects how we process information, make decisions, and form judgments. Most of our biases happen in the subconscious mind, they’re triggered by the

SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. SWOT analysis is an analytical technique that helps to develop insight and understanding on a particular subject. It is extremely versatile and can help answer questions on countries, hostile actors, your own business, business rivals, or individuals. SWOT is a great tool to present information as it is easy to read, easy to talk through and easy to understand. In the SWOT you’re essentially asking two closed

Hybrid Warfare isn’t a new concept, it’s as old as warfare itself, but the means with which it is accomplished, the scale at which it can be conducted and the reach a hostile state can have into another nation in the modern day is unmatched. All these factors, among others, create the prime conditions for hybrid warfare to thrive and evolve at an unprecedented rate. New technologies being produced at scale and the availability of the internet are two primary factors, both of