Pioneering Cognitive Security for the Digital Age
MindShield exists to protect what matters most: human agency and free thought in an era of sophisticated digital manipulation.
Our Mission & Values
To help 1 Billion people recognize, resist and respond to manipulation.
Mental Sovereignty as a Human Right
Every human has the right to think freely and make unmanipulated decisions.
Conscious Technology
Combine modern science & ancient wisdom with technology to build conscious systems
Practical
Resilience
Building solutions that are relevant, engaging, modular, integratable & portable
Human-Centered Innovation
Technology should empower people's natural intelligence, not replace it.
Experts at the intersection of mind and technology
Our interdisciplinary team combines cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology with enterprise-grade security technology
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Sumona Banerji
Founder, Executive Director
"Let's Find The Solution"
Suma Mandalapu
Gamification Strategist
"Let's Make It Awesome"
Adam Widawski
Cognitive Security Expert
"Let's Make People Smarter"
Blayne (Bala) Kumar
Director of Operations
"Let's Find A Better Way"
Boris Bapkin
Director of Technology
"Let's Build It"
Nivedita Sengupta
Partnerships & Outreach
"Let's Take It To The People"
Why care about cognitive security?
It is the protection of mental processes—our ability to perceive, think, and make decisions—from external manipulation. This encompasses a broad range of activities, from defending against misinformation and propaganda to mitigating the effects of cognitive biases and ensuring the integrity of personal decision-making processes. The ultimate goal is to preserve the autonomy and well-being of individuals by shielding their cognitive functions from malicious or unintended disruptions and various online threats, such as:
Social
Engineering
Cognitive Surrender
& Judgement Degradation
Influence Operations
& PsyOps
Manipulative Content & Misinformation
Online Exploitation
& Grooming
Radicalization & Polarization
We aim to combat cognitive warfare and psychological operations (PsyOps).
We are already in a world where cognitive warfare, psychological operations, and information ops are playing central roles in all forms of cyber attacks. MindShield is a crucial player in mitigating these multifaceted threats. We recognize that modern conflicts extend beyond physical and cyber battlegrounds to include the information and psychological domains, where the manipulation of cognitive health and processes can be as
damaging as traditional weapons.
