The International Legal Limitations On Information Warfare

Abstract

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the face of war and how we prepare for war. Information war has no front line. Potential battlefields are anywhere networked systems allow access to oil and as pipelines, for example, electric power grids, telephone switching networks. In sum, the U.S. homeland may no longer provide a sanctuary from outside attack. A panel of Defense Department experts recently warned the nation about the prospect of an electronic Pearl Harbor, a crippling sneak attack on the nation's defense and civilian information systems in which "cyberterrorists" and other unknown assailants cripple the nation's, or the world's, computer-networked communications, financial, and national defense systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 24, 1998
Accession Number
ADA365127

Entities

People

  • Gregory J. O'brien

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Computer Crime
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics