Cyber & Information Warfare
in collaboration with Hiatus _ The Defence Design & Communications Agency
What Quantum Technology Means for Defence
Quantum technology has long existed at the edge of scientific possibility. For decades, it remained largely confined to research laboratories and theoretical physics.
Today, however, governments, defence organisations, and industry leaders increasingly view quantum technology as a strategic capability that could fundamentally reshape military operations.
The Hidden Dangers of Legacy Code in Defence
In 2020, DARPA highlighted a problem that has since become impossible to ignore. Modern defence systems are built on vast layers of legacy code, much of it poorly understood, sparsely documented, and difficult to secure.
At the time, the concern was largely structural. Today, it is accelerating.
What is Data Sovereignty and why is it important for defence
Most organisations assume their data is secure if it sits within national borders, but that assumption is increasingly flawed. In this article, we unpack how laws like the US CLOUD Act can reach across jurisdictions, why “data residency” is not the same as true sovereignty, and how a new layer, capability sovereignty, is emerging as AI systems begin to shape decisions as much as the data itself.
Cognitive Warfare
In the twenty-first century, conflict has expanded far beyond guns, borders, and physical terrain. Strategic competition increasingly targets how people think, decide, and assign trust. This shift has given rise to what military planners and scholars describe as cognitive warfare, a form of contest that operates not on the battlefield, but within the human mind.
Mesh over Metal
For over a century, military communications were built around a simple logic: radios connect people. Orders flowed down hierarchical chains, reports flowed back up, and information moved along predefined paths. This model shaped the way forces organised themselves on the battlefield.
But now, that paradigm is now under sustained pressure.