Topic:Information Security — Global Security Review %

Defense & SecurityInformation Security, Russia, United States

Analyzing Russian Information Warfare and Influence Operations

Sophia Porotsky

Social media and the access it provides to voter data give Russian active measures the ability to influence the outcome of an election “Part of the misinformation, disinformation campaign that…

Defense & SecurityInformation Security, Russia, United States

Facebook, Compromised: How Russia Manipulated U.S. Voters

Sophia Porotsky

Information Warfare: Russia's "Active Measures."Conceptually, Information warfare is by no means a new concept. However, the broad reach of social media has created an entirely new and highly effective avenue…

Government & PoliticsAmericas, Information Security, Russia, United States

The Trump Campaign’s Exploitation of Social Media

Sophia Porotsky

The Trump campaign's message was amplified by Twitter bots, trolls, and precision-targeted Facebook advertisements Through analyzing Donald Trump’s role in legitimizing Russia’s propaganda, and the separate—though arguably related—issue of the…

Defense & SecurityInformation Security, Russia, United States

Cambridge Analytica: The Darker Side of Big Data

Sophia Porotsky

The "election management" company uses big data and psychometric profiling in operations designed to suppress voter segments. Before closer scrutiny of the implications of the Trump campaign’s use of Cambridge…