Brandwatch, a Cision company and global leader in social intelligence and social media management, together with Blackbird.AI, the leader in narrative intelligence, has been selected by the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to deliver an advanced Information Environment Assessment Capability (IEAC).
Quick Intel
Delivering Mission-Critical Digital Intelligence The bespoke IEAC solution will provide NATO with comprehensive visibility into evolving narratives, enabling strategic communicators to plan and respond efficiently in fragmented and contested digital spaces. By combining extensive data coverage with advanced AI analytics, the capability supports situational awareness, threat assessment, and proactive countermeasures against disinformation campaigns.
Consortium Strengths and Integration The consortium leverages complementary expertise:
This integrated approach ensures NATO gains actionable, timely understanding of the information environment while maintaining rigorous security and governance.
"We are honored to support NATO in this critical mission," said Guy Abramo, Chief Executive Officer of Cision. "By combining world-class data coverage with next-generation AI and analytics, we are providing a more comprehensive and timely understanding of the information environment. This partnership reflects the strength of our technology and our shared commitment to helping organizations address the most demanding intelligence challenges."
"Understanding the information environment is essential for effective planning and decision-making across the Alliance," said Chris Riley, Head of Plans and Insights in the Office of Strategic Communications at NATO Headquarters. "This integrated Brandwatch and Blackbird.AI solution significantly enhances our ability to deliver data-driven insights at scale."
"Blackbird.AI's strategic collaboration with NATO over the past several years has provided critical analysis on harmful narratives impacting their operations," said Wasim Khaled, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackbird.AI. "We are excited to partner with Brandwatch to provide even more actionable insight to NATO in their pursuit of safeguarding the freedom and security of all its members."
About Brandwatch
Brandwatch is the leading social media management and consumer intelligence suite, empowering brands to see and be seen, understand and be understood, by the audiences that matter most. Trusted by half of the Forbes 100, Brandwatch equips the world's most innovative companies with AI-powered insights and tools to seize opportunities, strengthen engagement and accelerate growth. Our comprehensive suite spans consumer intelligence, influencer marketing, and social media management, enabling brands and agencies to execute data-driven strategies at scale. Brandwatch is part of the Cision family of brands, alongside CisionOne, Trajaan, and PR Newswire.
About Blackbird.AI
BLACKBIRD.AI protects executives and organizations from narrative-based disinformation attacks that cause financial, operational, reputational, and physical harm. Named by Gartner as "The Company to Beat for Disinformation Narrative Intelligence," Blackbird.AI's Narrative Intelligence Platform identifies harmful narrative attacks and prioritizes them by risk score, the threat actors behind them, the networks they spread across, the anomalous bot behavior that scales them, and the cohorts and communities that connect them. This information enables organizations to make better strategic decisions and proactively take action to significantly reduce risk.
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