Ignatius D. West

Ignatius D. West is a Catholic writer and attorney whose work spans faith, cybersecurity, emerging technology, geopolitical risk, and the digital economy. Before his legal career, he served as a U.S. Navy Cryptologic Warfare Officer and Senior Cyber Intelligence Analyst, specializing in Information and Cyber Warfare, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and full spectrum Cyber Operations. This is the professional lens this book draws on directly in its Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield framework. Drawing on years of experience advising global organizations on technology, security, and law, he examines how modern systems shape moral life, power, and human dignity.