{"id":19222,"date":"2018-02-13T21:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T21:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/13\/in-threat-hearing-dod-leaders-say-data-makes-an-attractive-target\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:57:20","slug":"in-threat-hearing-dod-leaders-say-data-makes-an-attractive-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2018\/02\/13\/in-threat-hearing-dod-leaders-say-data-makes-an-attractive-target\/","title":{"rendered":"In threat hearing, DoD leaders say data makes an attractive target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Artificial intelligence is one of the big buzzwords in the defense and intelligence community as future wars are expected to feature a plethora of data for analysis and a shrinking window for commanders to make decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Department of Defense leaders believe success in those wars will require putting artificial intelligence to use, or operationalizing AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These kinds of operational concepts will be key as modern capabilities become widely available across the globe, said Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, before the Senate Intelligence Committee Feb. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To stay ahead, the DoD has begun to look at operationalizing concepts around AI and machine learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not altogether new. On a conceptual level, former deputy secretary of defense Bob Work coined the so-called third offset strategy<\/a>, which sought to counter adversarial advancements in recent years creating theater-wide C4I grids and leveraging human-machine teaming through artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current officials have acknowledged that the notion behind the third offset lives despite no direct or public reference to the moniker.<\/p>\n\n\n\t