Now that we have returned from Exercise Joint Protector in Sweden, it’s great to see the latest video from UKStratCom on how the ten JEF Partner Nations trained to “respond to threats that are below the threshold of war, in the so-called ‘grey zone’.” The video, which focuses on MDI, refers to our Information Advantage work, in particular that around “influence operation techniques….in the cognitive domain”. As a pathfinder activity for MDI, it’s great to see our IACC experimentation work helping Defence explore how they can understand and influence key audiences and actors, as well as adversaries.
Since returning from Sweden, the Information Advantage Change Campaign team has authored “The IACC Exercise JP21 Hot Washup Report”, which we are pleased to say, has been very well received. We are now looking at the next phase, and determining how we can help Defence better understand sub-threshold operations and the critical role of integration to success.