Defence industry CEOs who are new to social media, but who understand the financial benefits are becoming the most passionate advocates for its use. Nearly every defence contractor CEO started their careers before social media had taken hold. As a result, for most defence industry executives, social media is one of the many things they’ve had to learn on the job. Full Article »

Federal agencies classify and store information at various levels. Individuals are accorded access to that information based on the level of their security clearance and their need to know. The most common method to maintain such a chain of custody is to physically separate compartmented or classified materials on different networks and computing platforms. Secure KVM switching involves passing otherwise separate streams of classified information through a single device. Emerson explore how their product secures vulnerable systems in any network. Full Video »

We’re joined by Mark Laity, the Chief of Strategic Communications at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and formerly the BBC’s Defence Correspondent, during which time he was an influential voice reporting on major conflicts including the Gulf War, Kosovo, Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. We asked whether conceptual IO strategies can ever be readily useful and whether single narratives are being effectively rolled out in today’s coalition-led theatres. Laity provides several significant takeaway points in this short audio session ahead of his much-anticipated presentation at the IO Global 2013 conference. Full Podcast »

Information operations, with all its related acronyms and initialisms, needs fresh ideas in this new world of global terrorism and increasingly despondent populations. Richard de Silva investigates in this feature presentation: Power to the People. Full Sector Report »