Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of identifying and analyzing cognitive threats in a military intelligence organization and designing effective mechanisms to counter these threats.
Methods: The research method is qualitative content analysis. For data collection, a standard open-ended questionnaire designed by the research team was used. The participants were 11 serving commanders and intelligence officers. The collected data were analyzed using the three-stage coding model of Strauss and Corbin.
Findings: The findings indicate that the studied organization faces cognitive threats at three levels: individual level (cognitive biases, impulsive decision-making style, weak cognitive resilience, cognitive fatigue, weak team cognition, etc.), technology-driven cognitive threats (cognitive assessment and monitoring technologies, cognitive intervention and control technologies, simulation and artificial intelligence technologies, metadata and big data analysis technologies), and process-driven cognitive threats (anti-creativity organizational culture, information overload, lack of timely access to information, work pressure, deceptive information, traditional intelligence methods, etc).
Conclusion: Cognitive intelligence operations are not possible without organizational cognitive development, cognitive empowerment, training and skill development, and capability-building collaboration and interaction.