Signals in the Noise

Signals in the Noise: Security, Technology, and the Hidden Patterns of Modern Risk examines how clarity, judgment, and human discernment can survive in an age dominated by algorithms and information overload. Drawing on lessons from intelligence tradecraft, behavioral science, and crisis management, Reed explores how modern organizations can recover the habits of mind that once defined strategic thinking. Each chapter translates operational insights-from aviation and medicine to corporate command centers-into practical methods for navigating uncertainty. The book argues that true intelligence lies not in speed or scale, but in discernment: the ability to distinguish what matters from what merely shouts the loudest. Reed shows that the future of security depends not on better machines, but on better meaning.