Author(s): Adam D.M. SVENDSEN
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2017
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 17-18/2017
DOI:
Abstract
Contemporary defence and security efforts can be viably improved. With an
overarching focus on ‘ways’, ‘means’, up and across to realising operational and
strategic-ranging ‘ends’, this article advances a substantially-structured, multi-scaler
‘intelligence engineering’ (IE)-based framework and ‘step-by-step’ toolbox useful for
both deployment and employment for a multitude of purposes – essentially whatever is to
be accomplished. As this article goes on to reveal, the IE framework can contribute
towards helping progress several intelligence and knowledge-related tasks. Both
‘situational awareness’ to deeper-ranging ‘contextualisation’ assistance value is offered.
Demonstrating how they can be best harnessed, the different process ‘steps’ cover diverse
areas such as, inter alia: ‘focus/topic selection’ through to the fashioning of ‘signifier
node(s)’ for helping in decision-making both now and into the future. Concluding, this
article highlights that the entire process involved facilitates: (i) greater risk
appreciation; and then (ii) subsequent risk management; as well as even advancing (iii)
risk engineering to resilience qualities, in overall defence and security enterprises and
endeavours during an era when much uncertainty is encountered.
Keywords: intelligence, intelligence engineering, ‘step-by-step’ toolbox
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