Intelligence Analysis Exercise: “Defend the Truth”

During this exciting, interactive Tabletop Exercise (TTX) you play the role of an intelligence analyst helping a Baltic State ally counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) by a state actor. You will learn how to identify narratives from strands of communication, structure your analysis using NATO’s briefing format for information threats, and consider behavioural science best practice to recommend reactive responses to information threats.

Your skills will be benchmarked against the British Government’s professional development framework for analysts. This immersive exercise enables you to operationalise policy from the British Government’s framework for building resilience to information threats, “RESIST 3”. By the end of this workshop, you will have:

• Begun to recognise information threats, in order to increase resilience to unexpected, coordinated and harmful communication techniques.

• Considered diverse information and applied critical thinking skills and analytical rigour.

• Prepared a briefing using NATO’s briefing format for information threats.

• Made recommendations for proactive and reactive communication responses to strengthen resilience.

• Worked collaboratively with others and evidenced analytical and assessment best practice as used by Western governments.