Information Environment: DOD Operations Need Enhanced Leadership and Integration of Capabilities

Abstract

At its core, information operations (IO) are the integration of information-related capabilities during military operations to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own. For example, in seeking to facilitate safe and orderly humanitarian assistance, the Department of Defense (DOD) would conduct IO by influencing host nation and regional cooperation through the integration of public affairs activities and military information support operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2021
Accession Number
AD1157510

Entities

People

  • Amie Lesser
  • Benjamin Emmel
  • Breana Stevens
  • Evan Keir
  • Jeffrey Cirillo
  • Joseph W. Kirschbaum
  • Mallory Bryan
  • Neil Feldman
  • Ricardo A. Marquez
  • Richard Powelson
  • Tommy Baril
  • Tracy Barnes
  • Yee Wong

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Information Support Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Social Media
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies