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Influence: Surface and measure the impact of harmful actors and trusted voices, who shape
conversations

Information Warfare Needs to Be Part of Every Organization Cyber-First Strategy

Cybersecurity revenue is expected to approach $400 billion by 2028. Organizations must deploy
automated, real-time contextual awareness, algorithmically evolving threat detection, and rapid narrative
identification – all executed with the intent to keep business leaders at least a step ahead of emerging
trends and threats. This will allow them to detect, measure, plan and mitigate with greater resolution and
speed. Battling a harmful information landscape that is full of unexpected risks but planning and preparing
is the way to ultimately prevail.

InfoSec professionals must be aware of the potential consequences of IW attacks and put in place the
necessary assets to protect their organizations and networks from exploitation. They should also be
prepared to respond effectively when an attack does occur. The problem is clear that these systems and
methods are evolving fast and the industry needs to respond in real-time.

Disinformation, left unchecked, can be the single vulnerability that puts modern day organizations in the
red by billions. The severity of disinformation problems comes down to the ability to identify a narrative
before it explodes and it is now essential to a company’s cyber survival.

About the Author

Wasim is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blackbird.AI, He brings
with him a lifetime of entrepreneurial acumen combined with a
background in computer science and human-interface design.
For the past five years he has been deeply entrenched with the
disinformation analysis and OSINT community and has studied
psychological operations, propaganda, AI methodologies, and
defense applications. Wasim has consulted and advised
government agencies and companies around the world on the
dangers and countermeasures of the escalating information
warfare arms race. Prior to Blackbird, Wasim founded LuxMobile,
an Inc. 500 Company, earned the distinction of Inc. 500’s Asian
Entrepreneur of the Year and has built businesses with Fortune
500 clients across e-commerce, manufacturing, logistics, fashion and adtech.

Wasim can be reached online on twitter and LinkedIn profile as well as the company website
https://www.blackbird.ai/

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