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We are honoured to welcome Bjørn Ihler, Director of the Sweden-based Khalifa Ihler Institute, as well as founder and CEO of consulting firm Revontulet in Norway. A survivor of the 2011 Utoya Island massacre, Bjørn is an internationally recognised authority and speaker on the topic of terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC), and has been a major driver of collective efforts to prevent, identify, track, and counteract terrorism both online and in the “real world”.
In today’s first installment of our conversations about terrorism, we cover some of the basics – how is it defined and what are the challenges in defining terrorism, who is involved, what are the objectives of some of the actors, and what sorts of terrorism does society face today.
As always, we haven’t read all of these in their entirety, and the Wikipedia links are provided as-is, and only meant as a starting point for someone interested in more than just casual information.
00:59 Khalifa Ihler Institute – https://khalifaihler.org
01:04 Revontulet – https://revontulet.co
01:43 Forum InCyber – https://www.forum-fic.com/en/home/
03:36 I don’t think Islamic State needs a link? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State
04:12 https://gifct.org/
04:40 The US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/january-6th-committee-final-report
04:49 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys
09:03 https://xkcd.com/927/
09:30 Ku Klux Klan – yes, those guys
12:00 Universal Declaration of Human Rights – https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
12:19 UN Convention on Genocide – https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf (PDF)
12:57 Stochastic terrorism – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism
13:20 ETA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA_(separatist_group)
13:21 The Irish Republican Army is a bit complicated, there’s a whole bunch of splinter groups that were doing terrorist stuff in the 1970s and 1980s – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army
13:33 Rote Armee Fraktion – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction
13:35 Brigate Rosse – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Brigades
13:41 Palestinian Liberation Organization – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization
13:42 PFLP – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine
13:45 George Habash, PFLP founder and general-secretary – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Habash
15:53 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks
18:41 Global Hate Map – https://www.khalifaihler.org/hate-map
19:40 https://www.barcelona.cat/memorialrambla17a/en/
21:22 2016 Brussels terrorist attack – https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2018-06/2016-03_Brussels-terrorist-attack.pdf
21:23 The 2015 Paris attacks were only one of several recent major incidents in Paris – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks
23:10 Terrorgram – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorgram. This article also has information on the “saints culture” espoused by Terrorgram.
29:01 For example https://www.voanews.com/a/polls-far-right-s-social-media-strategy-is-wooing-spain-s-young-voters-/7189186.html – there are a few studies on this phenomenan, such as https://www.injuve.es/sites/default/files/adjuntos/2021/05/right_wing_extremism_among_the_youth_in_spain.pdf (PDF)
30:00 https://techagainstterrorism.org
33:57 One of several analyses of FARC’s involvement in the narcotics trade: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-farc-and-colombias-illegal-drug-trade
34:00 https://www.reuters.com/article/world/peru-s-shining-path-turns-from-mao-to-cocaine-idUSNOA941722/
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Please welcome our newest member from France, Samira Marquaille
Samira Marquaille is an IT Project Manager with more than 20 years of experience across both public and private sectors, with a strong focus on data privacy. She is skilled at uniting teams and fostering collaboration to manage projects involving new European regulations around data privacy, cybersecurity (DORA, NIS2, …) and AI (AI Act).
Beyond her project work, Samira actively contributes to professional associations, training initiatives, and public awareness efforts on data privacy. She also volunteers as a mentor, supporting young people and women entering the IT field.
Samira is widely recognised for her rigour, analytical skills, and deep commitment to the field.
It’s good to have you, Samira! We look forward to the expertise you bring and enabling you here at CyAN. Don’t hesitate to reach out or explore Samira’s profile to grow your networks mutually.
Please welcome our newest member from the Australia, Andrew Pedroso Andrew Pedroso has committed over a decade to business technology research, advisory, data, and consulting. Now, he has returned to his passion for cybersecurity and zero trust strategy. With deep expertise across key industries including BFSI, …
CyAN is thrilled to welcome back Michael McDonald, an internationally respected Senior Solution Architect, startup CTO, and technical visionary whose career spans three decades, five continents, and some of the most complex, high-stakes environments in industry and government. Michael brings rare breadth and depth across …
Over the weekend, I read an article by Jackson Ryan in The Guardian that stopped me in my tracks. It asked a pointed question — “Does video game monetisation harm children, and what is Australia doing about it?” — and its answers were far from …
