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A Taxonomy of Cognitive Security

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Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2026-04-01

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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This blog post summarizes K. Melton’s taxonomy of cognitive security, outlining five levels (sensory interface, neurocompiler, mind kernel, the mesh, and cultural substrate) and describing how cognitive exploits can bypass conscious evaluation. It is a conceptual discussion of cognitive hacking and social engineering and does not present technical indicators, malware analysis, or an incident report.

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