Introduction to CyberHUMINT

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course is designed to introduce students to CyberHUMINT, the discipline of blending of traditional human intelligence (HUMINT) collection operations and cyber operations. HUMINT is generally well understood. Likewise, cyber operations have become a mainstream discipline as evidenced in the US by the establishment of CYBERCOM. Yet the blending of the two disciplines remains less well understood. The course will cover both the collection opportunities presented by CyberHUMINT as well as the defensive/counter-intelligence threats introduced by adversary use of CyberHUMINT. Of note, the course will examine CyberHUMINT from both the nation state as well as commercial perspective.