Cognitive Warfare and the Gray Zone: Defending Perception in the Age of Narrative Attacks
was held on 14th January 2026
About the Security Event
This session focuses on cognitive warfare and how narrative attacks are increasingly used to influence perception, trust, and decision making across societies and institutions. It explains how digital platforms and advances in artificial intelligence have accelerated the scale and impact of coordinated information campaigns, turning narratives into powerful tools for manipulation.
The webinar brings together Blackbird.AI, the Center for Information Advantage and Effectiveness, and the DISARM Foundation to examine how modern adversaries weaponize information and distort truth. Speakers discuss the real world consequences of these campaigns and outline how governments, civil society, academia, journalists, and technology companies can work together to defend against them. The discussion highlights a unified approach to narrative defense by combining open frameworks, AI driven analysis, and cross sector collaboration to protect institutions in the age of AI powered influence operations.