Present Challenges and the Future of Domestic Intelligence
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Present Challenges and the Future of Domestic Intelligence
The use of encrypted messaging apps, the involvement of non-state players, and the effect on the
decision-making process are all difficulties that intelligence agencies face due to the widespread
use of social media (Ahmet, 2020). Intelligence experts face a problem as social media accounts
from conventional media grow in importance and as social media platforms themselves compete
for policy attention. Non-state actors' use of social media presents yet another difficulty
associated with this phenomenon. Terrorist groups can reach more people with their message and
find recruits with the help of social media. Terrorist groups now have a worldwide audience
thanks to these sites, where they may post terrorist material, including statements and
beheadings.
Regarding cyber security, intelligence agencies face two main obstacles: anonymity and cyber
intelligence problems (Ahmet, 2020). Intelligence agencies rely heavily on secure networks to
defend their nations from state-sponsored and non-state actors. However, intelligence agencies
have difficulties because of the anonymity of the cyber world. It is a critical issue for deterrence
since it is difficult to trace a cyber-attack and, therefore, to deliver a retaliatory reaction. Terrorist
groups' cyber-attacks are significantly more difficult to identify and thwart in advance than
traditional terrorist strikes. Keep in mind that cyber-security is one of the most competitive
sectors between state intelligence organizations and the commercial sector in addition to these
two difficulties.
That the worldwide battle against terrorism has progressed to a new stage is another obstacle.
In spite of having lost almost all of the area they formerly controlled, groups like ISIS are
emphasizing their capacity to launch attacks on Western assets. Another difficulty for
intelligence agencies comes from non-state actors' usage of meta-data. On the one hand, groups
like Al Qaeda that operate worldwide may use meta-data to recruit and retain members with
specialized technical knowledge; this allows them to expand their operations, identify weak
spots in their targets' defenses, and launch assaults in novel ways.
There are numerous difficulties posed to IC by technological progress. New technologies are
already altering the IC's data gathering, storage, and processing methods; however, these
innovations are expected to affect all the pillars of the intelligence cycle in the next decades. As a
result, IC has recently begun contracting with private intelligence and military firms to conduct
intelligence analysis and operations (Katz, 2020). Since 9/11, private corporations have played
an increasingly important part in US intelligence analysis, and US intelligence agencies have
increasingly outsourced their technical intelligence needs to them. For its part, the CSIS
Technology and Intelligence Task Force have begun a year-long study to learn how technological
advances might improve intelligence gathering and IC operations. In order to keep its
intelligence advantage, the IC must adapt, and the task team is investigating how this may be
done.
In order to maximize the IC's value, the IC and its essential components are investing heavily in
research, development, and integration of the following technologies: gathering critical and
covert information and producing data-driven, context-rich, and forward-looking research that
regularly outperforms competitors in the eyes of policymakers.
References
Ahmet, A. T. E. Ş. (2020). Current challenges and trends in intelligence.
Güvenlik Bilimleri
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(1), 177-204.
Katz, B. (2020). The Intelligence Edge: Opportunities and Challenges from Emerging
Technologies for US Intelligence.
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