Cognitive Battlespace Readiness · PSYOP / MISO / Cyber

A warfighter can pass every resilience test and still be fully compromised.

The Cognitive Sovereignty Framework is the doctrine-grade model for the cognitive battlespace — adding the digital & AI resilience domain that every existing program lacks, with a scored threat taxonomy and measurable readiness.

6 resilience domains · 41 scored threat entries · CTSS 0–100 · Open-source doctrine, v2.0 · Pairs with AI SAFE²
CSF · Cognitive Threat Command ASSESSING
CTSS SEVERITY
87
/ 100 · CRITICAL
T-CT-006 Decision Automation Capture
T-CT-016 Psychographic Micro-Targeting
T-CT-017 Guardrail Bias Exploitation
DOMAIN READINESS
D1–4 · Mental / Physical / Social / MoralREADY
D5 · Purpose & Moral ClarityPARTIAL
D6 · Digital & AI SymbiosisUNCOVERED
The gap is not in the metrics you track — it's the domain you don't
The Missing Pillar

Every service runs a resilience program. None of them defend cognition.

Army Ready & Resilient, AF Resilience, Navy OSR — all share the same four-pillar core: mental, physical, social, spiritual. A warfighter can score perfectly on every one of them and still be fully vulnerable to AI-accelerated manipulation, synthetic media, and decision-automation capture.

TODAY'S RESILIENCE MODEL
Mental · Physical · Social · Spiritual
×Digital / cognitive / informational — absent

The adversary now operates entirely inside that blind spot — and the metrics never see it.

CSF v2.0 — SIX-DOMAIN MODEL
Domains 1–5 · refine the existing pillars
+Domain 6 · Digital & AI Symbiosis

Keep your existing program. CSF adds the one pillar that makes it AI-era relevant — and makes it measurable.

The Discriminator

Domain 6: Digital & AI Symbiosis

The capacity to work with AI systems without cognitive erosion — to maintain human agency in automated environments and resist manipulation by synthetic media. It is the pillar every other resilience program lacks, and the one the modern threat targets first.

Evaluators can measure it: override frequency, independent-verification rate, synthetic-media detection accuracy, provenance-verification habit adoption.

Human agency retention
Mission and authority stay at the top of the human–AI system.
Synthetic-media resistance
Trained detection and provenance-verification habits.
Automation-capture defense
Guardrails against surrendering decisions to the machine.
HEAR doctrine
Human Ethical Agent of Record across every AI-assisted decision.
The Analytic Engine

A scored threat taxonomy — not another “misinformation” bucket.

41 threat entries across five layers, each scored 0–100 by Cognitive Threat Severity Scoring so commands can prioritize what to counter first and track resilience as a mission metric.

LAYER 1
Civilizational drivers — the strategic forces adversaries exploit
LAYER 2
Substrate threats — the conditions that make populations manipulable
LAYER 3
Manipulation techniques — T-CT-001–018: named tradecraft, AI-era
LAYER 4
Delivery & scale — memetic swarm orchestration, micro-targeting reach
LAYER 5
Human outcomes — the measurable effect on agency and decision quality
41
scored threat entries
0–100
CTSS severity scale
5
threat-model layers
6
resilience domains
Who We Support

Built for the commands fighting the cognitive war.

Mission 01

SOCOM · USASOC · PSYOP / MISO

The Army is standing up a Total Army solution to cognitive warfare and consolidating PSYOP and Information Operations. CSF is the doctrine-grade cognitive battlespace framework they don't yet have — a threat taxonomy that mirrors PSYOP tradecraft, updated for the AI era.

  • Six-domain model & unit readiness assessment
  • Cognitive Battlespace Readiness for the capabilities-based assessment
  • JPME / SOF curriculum-ready, government-owned derivatives
Brief SOF readiness
Mission 02

USCYBERCOM · IC · State R/FIMI

CYBERCOM's AI for Cyberspace Operations program is scoping “persona and identity” — an exact fit for CSF's taxonomy of narrative injection, memetic swarms, and psychographic micro-targeting. CSF is the human-layer complement to their AI cyber programs.

  • Named threat IDs, mechanisms & CTSS scores for cyber ops
  • Structured analytic lens for foreign-influence exposure & analytics
  • Command Center, CTSS calculator & assessment templates
Brief cyber & IC
The Full Stack

Human and machine, governed under one model.

CSF defends the human cognitive layer. AI SAFE² defends the AI system layer. Together they are the human–AI governance operating system for AI-enabled operations.

CSF

the human layer

Cognitive sovereignty for the operator — six domains, 41 scored threats, CTSS. Keeps mission and authority at the top of the human–AI system.

EFA principle · E7 protocol stack · HEAR doctrine · Ring of Fire

AI SAFE²

the machine layer

GRC governance for agentic AI, non-human identities, and swarms — 161 controls mapped to 32 frameworks. Keeps AI systems governed under EFA/E7 and HEAR.

AI SAFE² governance framework
Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions, straight answers.

What is Cognitive Sovereignty?

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An open-source doctrine (v2.0) for defending organizational decision-making across six resilience domains — the human and institutional layer that technical security stacks leave exposed.

Is the framework actually open source?

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Yes. Dual-licensed MIT + CC-BY-SA. The full doctrine is public on GitHub — read it before you ever talk to us.

How does it pair with AI SAFE²?

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AI SAFE² governs the AI systems. Cognitive Sovereignty defends the people and decisions around them. Commands facing the cognitive war need both layers.

How do we engage?

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Request a capability briefing, or engage on contract via DATechNet. The framework itself costs nothing.

Make cognitive readiness a mission metric.

Bring CSF to your command as a pilot: install the taxonomy and Command Center, baseline CTSS across selected units, and stand up Domain 6 training tied to your existing resilience reporting.

FIELD-PROVEN — We published the ten controls the Five Eyes AI security guidance left out. Read the case study →
Open-source doctrine, v2.0 · Dual-licensed (MIT + CC-BY-SA) · Pairs with AI SAFE² · On contract via DATechNet

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