Cognitive Warfare and the Gray Zone

Blackbird.AI hosted a private webinar on how organizations defend against cognitive warfare as the boundary between real and manufactured information erodes. Larysa Lacko, Director of National Security at Blackbird.AI, moderates a conversation with Dr. Andrea Hickerson of the University of Mississippi and Dr. Pablo Breuer, co-founder of the DISARM Foundation. The discussion traces how the early promise of the open internet gave way to algorithmic echo chambers, why shared facts eroded, and how disinformation operations plant false narratives in small outlets before laundering them into mainstream coverage. Breuer walks through the DISARM Framework, which maps how manipulation campaigns operate across planning, preparation, execution, and evaluation, and both experts explain how leaders decide which narratives warrant a response. In this webinar: What cognitive warfare and the gray zone mean for organizations How echo chambers eroded the shared facts that support civil discourse How the DISARM Framework maps disinformation across four phases Why attribution and anonymity make threats hard to assess How prebunking and tabletop exercises build resilience before a crisis Watch the full webinar: http://blackbird.ai/webinars/cognitiv... Subscribe for more on narrative intelligence, AI-driven threats, and reputational risk from Blackbird.AI. #CognitiveWarfare #NarrativeIntelligence #DISARM #Disinformation #BlackbirdAI