Cyberwarfare: Information Operations in a Connected World, 2nd Edition

Information Operations Techniques

Information operations are more than cyberwarfare. They include any activity undertaken to attack or protect information and information systems. This chapter considers seven categories of information operations techniques:

• Computer network attack

• Computer network defense

• Intelligence gathering

• Electronic warfare

• Psychological operations

• Military deception

• Operations security

These seven categories were outlined in the Information Operations Roadmap developed by the DoD. The Roadmap organized information operations into these categories and made specific recommendations about how the military might better organize, train, and equip to wage information operations in the future.

Figure 1-4 illustrates the ...