The Challenge of Netwar for the Operational Commander.

Abstract

The threat of intrusions to U.S. domestic and military infrastructure and information systems is very real and may affect our national security now and in the future. Information has become a new center of gravity that must be protected. Netwar is one tool of Information Warfare that the operational commander can use in defensive and offensive operations to gain information dominance. Netwar targets military or civilian non-weapons computer networks to gain a military advantage while it protects one's own systems from attack. With an overview of Netwar concepts, this paper explores the benefits of Netwar for the commander, the defensive and offensive decisions that must be made, and some prescriptions for the future that will enable the commander to fight and win conflicts effectively in the twenty-first century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 1996
Accession Number
ADA307334

Entities

People

  • James A. Poole

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Center Of Gravity
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Domestic
  • Gravity
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Infrastructure
  • Intrusion
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies