Category: Security

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Intellipedia: Connecting the Dots

Last week John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, announced “Intellipedia,” a system that will allow analysts and other officials to collaboratively add and edit content on U.S. Government’s classified intelligence network (Intelink

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Bots and Network Security

As many Typepad bloggers are aware, last May the Typepad site underwent a new and serious kind of attack. The details of the attack have recently been published in Wired magazine [“Attack

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Between Peacekeeping and War

Despite the international community’s lack of action in Darfur, there are few people who haven’t heard about the plight of those living (and dying) there. A Washington Post editorial described the situation

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China & Cyberspace Threats

China has been in the headlines recently for its purge of top leaders and trying to rid its one-party system of corruption. It will be an uphill fight, but it’s battle worth

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Scarcity, Innovation, & Resilience

This summer, as oil prices looked like they were heading towards $80 per barrel, Stephen L. Sass, a professor of materials science and engineering at Cornell University, penned an interesting op-ed piece

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North Korea’s Gamble

The news that North Korea tested a nuclear device despite warnings from leaders around the globe says much more about Kim Jong Il’s ego than about the country in general. The question

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New U.S. Counter-insurgency Doctrine

Michael Gordon, writing in today’s New York Times, discusses the new U.S. counter-insurgency doctrine being implemented by the Pentagon [“Military Hones a New Strategy on Insurgency“]. The new doctrine, which is scheduled

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African Command

An article posted on the Time.com site by Sally B. Donnelly titled “The Pentagon Plans for an African Command” [24 August 2006], claims the Pentagon is about to announce a new unified

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