The Department of Defense and the Age of Information Operations.

Abstract

This paper explains the challenges and vulnerabilities the Nation and especially the military will face in the next century as our dependence on information systems and associated infrastructure continues to grow. It will highlight the results of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection and discuss the steps necessary to protect the information systems upon which we have come to so heavily depend. It will highlight that without a comprehensive national policy in protecting information infrastructures poses a great risk to its military, commercial users and ultimately the Nation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1998
Accession Number
ADA345602

Entities

People

  • Alan T. Evans

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computers
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electric Power
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • National Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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