- "Information warfare (IW) (different from cyberwarfare that attacks computers, software, and command control systems) is a concept involving the battlespace use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent."
The protection of the military's computer networks and the use of technology to gain an advantage in warfare.
Threats and Vulnerabilities: Understanding the types of cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities that pose risks to information and systems, and methods for identifying and mitigating those risks.
Networks and Protocols: Knowledge of network architecture and protocols that govern the flow of information across systems, and the security implications of those protocols.
Cryptography: Understanding encryption and decryption techniques, including public and private key cryptography, symmetric encryption and hashing algorithms.
Secure Coding Practices: Implementing coding principles that enhance security and prevent vulnerabilities including buffer overflows, SQL injections, and cross-site scripting.
Risk Management: Understanding risk management methodologies to identify, assess, and respond to risks, and to implement adequate security measures.
Information Assurance: Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information by applying security measures, enforcing security policies and standards.
Incident Response: Preparing for, responding to and restoring the effects of cyber-attacks, using threat hunting and incident analysis methods.
Cloud Security: Security challenges and considerations associated with cloud computing, including securing data, protecting privacy, and compliance with regulations.
Cyber Law and Ethics: Understanding the legal and ethical aspects of cybersecurity, including data privacy regulations and protecting personal information.
Social Engineering: Techniques typically used to exploit human weaknesses such as phishing, pretexting or baiting.
Access Control: Access management, authorization strategies, identity management technologies such as Digital Identity, Two Factor Authentication and Access Control Lists.
Penetration Testing: Testing cyber defenses by simulating attacks in a controlled environment, using ethical hacking techniques.
Cyber Threat Intelligence: Collecting and analyzing information to anticipate attacks, mitigate risks and respond to incidents.
Mobile Device Security: Best practices for securing mobile phones and laptops, including encryption, virtual private networks, and remote wiping.
Insider Threats: Detecting and preventing intentional or accidental security breaches from within the organization.
Advanced Persistent Threats: Understanding the sophisticated and targeted attacks that persistently seeking to achieve specific compromised goal.
Cyber Warfare and Information Operations: The nature of cyber warfare, tactics, techniques, and procedures, the legal, ethical and technical challenges associated to engage in it.
Physical Security: The importance of physical security to protect data centers, network devices, and other critical infrastructure from threats arising outside the digital realm.
Risk Assessment: Key methods for assessing threats and identifying vulnerabilities, as well as techniques for calculating and evaluating risk.
Incident Management: Developing incident management strategies, prioritizing incident response activities, and coordinating cross-functional teams to minimize the impact of security incidents.
Network Security: It refers to the measures taken to secure electronic networks from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. This type of cybersecurity involves implementing security protocols such as passwords, encryption, and firewalls.
Cryptography: It involves the use of codes and ciphers to protect information from unauthorized access. It is widely used in military and defense administration to safeguard sensitive information.
Information Assurance or IA: It includes protecting information, systems, and processes from unauthorized access, modification, disclosure, or destruction.
Electronic Warfare: It is a type of information warfare that involves the use of electronic signals to disrupt or jam enemy communication systems, radar, and other electronic devices.
Cyber Intelligence: It involves gathering, analyzing, and interpreting intelligence information from cyberspace. It is used to gain insight into digital and physical attacks, cyber-criminals, and other online threats.
Cyber Law: It refers to the legal framework used to regulate cyber activities, such as data protection, cybercrime, and digital privacy.
Offensive Cyber Operations: It involves exploiting vulnerabilities in an enemy's digital infrastructure to gain access to sensitive information or disrupt their operations.
Defensive Cyber Operations: It refers to the measures taken to protect a network or system from a cyber attack, such as incident response and disaster recovery.
Cyber Forensics: It is a type of investigation that involves examining digital evidence to determine the source or cause of an attack.
Risk Management: It involves assessing and mitigating risks associated with digital technology and information systems. It is used to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities and to develop strategies to prevent them.
- "Information warfare is the manipulation of information trusted by a target without the target's awareness so that the target will make decisions against their interest but in the interest of the one conducting information warfare."
- "As a result, it is not clear when information warfare begins, ends, and how strong or destructive it is."
- "Information warfare may involve the collection of tactical information, assurance(s) that one's information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize or manipulate the enemy and the public, undermining the quality of the opposing force's information, and denial of information-collection opportunities to opposing forces."
- "Information warfare is closely linked to psychological warfare."
- "The United States Armed Forces' use of the term favors technology and hence tends to extend into the realms of electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, information assurance and computer network operations, attack, and defense."
- "Other militaries use the much broader term Information Operations (IO) which, although making use of technology, focuses on the more human-related aspects of information use."
- "Including (amongst many others) social network analysis, decision analysis, and the human aspects of command and control."
- "...manipulation of information trusted by a target without the target's awareness so that the target will make decisions against their interest but in the interest of the one conducting information warfare."
- "Spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize or manipulate the enemy and the public."
- "Undermining the quality of the opposing force's information."
- "In pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent."
- "The United States Armed Forces' use of the term favors technology and hence tends to extend into the realms of electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, information assurance and computer network operations, attack, and defense."
- "Assurance(s) that one's information is valid."
- "Denial of information-collection opportunities to opposing forces."
- "Information warfare (IW) (different from cyberwarfare that attacks computers, software, and command control systems)."
- "As a result, it is not clear when information warfare begins, ends, and how strong or destructive it is."
- "More human-related aspects of information use."
- "So that the target will make decisions against their interest but in the interest of the one conducting information warfare."
- "To demoralize or manipulate the enemy and the public."