Sensing The Signal Podcast

I recently joined Sensing the Signal, a bi-weekly podcast produced by Atreides, for a conversation on disinformation and its implications for national security, technology, and intelligence.

Disinformation is a pervasive and growing threat. Its impacts are often subtle, cumulative, and difficult to detect, yet they shape how societies understand risk, trust information, and make decisions. In the episode, we explored how disinformation operates within complex information environments, why it remains so difficult to analyse at scale, and what this means for analysts and decision-makers working across public and private sectors.

A central theme of our discussion was the need for shared standards and frameworks. Without common approaches to defining, assessing, and investigating disinformation, efforts remain fragmented and complex to compare or scale. Developing structured, evidence-based methodologies is essential if we are to move from reactive responses to more durable forms of resilience.

What gives me optimism is the growing community of practitioners, researchers, and policymakers working collaboratively to bridge these gaps. While the challenge is significant, there is real momentum to build a more coherent knowledge base and to improve how we understand and respond to information risk.

I’m grateful to Terry Pattar for a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation, and to the team at Atreides for creating space for these discussions.

🎧 Listen to the episode here