INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL
WILDFIRES
INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL
WILDFIRES
Author(s): Cristina PosaştiucSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: Intelligence analysis; Social science and Big Data; Fragile movements; Digital wildfires
Summary/Abstract: This paper argues that the advent of a new phenomenon of “digitalwildfires” will generate changes within the intelligence tradecraft on parwith the paradigmatic shifts of 9/11 or the economic crisis of 2008, albeit ina subtler, more insidious way.Moreover, Big Data, as a promise of intelligence analysis doneautomatically, without the need of a theoretical background, is not apanacea – now, more than ever, there is a need for a new breed ofintelligence analysts that can bridge social science expertise with atradecraft that relies more and more on technology
Journal: Studia Securitatis
- Issue Year: 1/2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 63-67
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
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