BLUF
Emerging technologies, abundant open-source data, and rapidly evolving threats are reshaping espionage. Intelligence is shifting from secret, compartmented systems to an open, networked, tech-driven environment demanding speed, adaptability, and whole-of-society awareness.Learning Outcomes
• Recognise how AI, open-source information, and commercial data are transforming intelligence collection and analysis.
• Understand the shift from state-centred espionage to diversified, grievance-fuelled and ideologically varied threats.
• Identify how intelligence organisations must adapt structures, culture, and decision-making to counter fast-moving, decentralised risks.
