Cognitive Security (#CogSec) Working Group
Members of the PCI Community working to counter disinformation convene virtually and in person to share updates and open avenues for collaboration in their work.
(Pictured: August 2019 convening in Reston, VA)
Examining the 2020 U.S. Election with David Becker
Becker’s message for Americans headed into the 2020 election is threefold: voter fraud is low and election security is improving, but the real threat — a growing mistrust in U.S. election outcomes — remains.
“It’s highly unlikely the Russians and others are trying to infiltrate our systems in an undetected way to change election results,” Becker said. “What we know they’re trying to do is to delegitimize our elections and to reduce our confidence in our elections.”
“It’s highly unlikely the Russians and others are trying to infiltrate our systems in an undetected way to change election results,” Becker said. “What we know they’re trying to do is to delegitimize our elections and to reduce our confidence in our elections.” “The Russians and others aren’t trying to infiltrate our systems in an undetected way to change election results,” Becker said. “What they’re trying to do is to delegitimize our elections and to reduce our confidence in our elections.”
Community Update: Congratulations, JokkoSanté!
People Centered Internet congratulates community member, Adama Kane, whose health-focused digital payments app, Senegal-based JokkoSanté, won the USAID Inclusive Health Access Prize.“JokkoSanté is a health-focused digital payments app that improves accountability in the local health system in Senegal by tracking medicines and enabling payments for health services,” according to the USAIDannoucement. “The desktop and mobile
People-Centered Internet Announces Six “Areas of Focus” for 2020
Press Release — January 15, 2020 PALO ALTO, CA — People-Centered Internet (PCI) today announces its “Areas of Focus” for 2020. The nonprofit organization dedicated to “working for an Internet that works for people” was cofounded in 2015 by Vint Cerf and Mei Lin Fung. In the coming year, PCI will support projects in six categories: (1)
Community Update: Deborah Kobza announces formation of Cognitive Security ISAO
PCI Community Member Deborah Kobza announced the launch of the Cognitive Security ISAO (Information Sharing and Analysis Association), headquartered at the International Association of Certified ISAOs (IACI – IACI-CERT at the Center for Space Education, NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The Cognitive Security ISAO’s mission is to “accelerate cognitive security resilience by advancing the capacity and
Disinformation, Cognitive Security, and Influence : CXOTALK with Dr. David Bray
By CXOTALK Fighting disinformation attacks has become a crucial part of information security. In this episode of CxOTalk, three experts – Founder of Bodacea Light Industries Sara-Jayne Terp, Director of Donovan Group US Navy Pablo Breuer, and Executive Director of PCI Coalition Dr. David Bray, explain these dangerous attacks, which are based on influence and
Privacy, Security, and Ethics in an Asymmetric World & Global Citizenship in an Exponential Age
By Dr. David Bray Representing the People-Centered Internet coalition, Executive Director Dr. David Bray participated in a Salzburg Global Seminar on “Privacy, Security, and Ethics in an Asymmetric World” held in Austria. A full report has just been published and is available for download here. David also wrote an op-ed on Laws, Tech, and Narratives for