# Reimagining Security with Cyberpsychology-Informed Network Defenses ReSCIND is an IARPA research program using cyberpsychology to identify and exploit cognitive biases and decision limitations in attackers. ## Defensive inversion The program proposes bias sensors and bias triggers that reduce attacker efficiency or effectiveness. In the article’s architecture, this inverts [[Closed-Loop Cognitive Attrition]]: the defender treats the attacker’s own perception-action loop as a counter-attackable surface. ## Significance ReSCIND demonstrates that cognitive science belongs on both sides of cybersecurity. Defensive systems can shape attacker choices rather than merely block packets or detect signatures. ## Boundary The existence of the program does not establish its use in a particular incident, a generalized mind-control capability, or targeting of ordinary users. ## Source [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures#DARPA and IARPA Research Leads|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare — ReSCIND]].