Re-integrating Influence and Cyber Operations

Abstract

The art of influence operations as a subset to information operations as well as personnel that practice influence operations for the military have been doctrinally removed from conducting cyber operations. With the openness that the military has created to social networking as a tool for soldiers, the fact that many of the greatest cyber espionage tactics involve a form of influence operations tactic, often in the form of social engineering, to gain, maintain and exploit networks. Continued ignorance in this subject area will lead to exploitable vulnerabilities as well as reduce the military capability to utilize potential attack vectors. This research presents the reasons behind the separation, and a methodology for getting the two independent operational capabilities to re-integrate, and justifies this as the first step towards a Virtual Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance(VISR) capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA544900

Entities

People

  • Dennis J. Krill Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Employment
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Network Science
  • Psychological Operations
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Social Networks
  • Surveillance
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber