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Site Map GLOSSARY OF INFORMATION WARFARE TERMS |
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by Dr. Ivan K. Goldberg psycom.net Copernicus: The code-name under which the Navy plans to reformulate its command and control structures in response to the realization that information is a weapon. Cyberwar: A synonym for information warfare. DBK: Dominant battlefield knowledge. ELINT: Electronic intelligence. ECHELON : A multinational surveillance network, centered at Sugar Grove, WV, that intercepts all forms of electronic communications. EW: Electronic warfare. IBW: Intelligence-based warfare. Information Warfare: Information warfare is the offensive and defensive use of information and information systems to deny, exploit, corrupt, or destroy, an adversary's information, information-based processes, information systems, and computer-based networks while protecting one's own. Such actions are designed to achieve advantages over military or business adversaries (Dr. Ivan Goldberg's definition) Psychological operations: Planned psychological activities in peace and war directed to enemy, friendly, and neutral audiences in order to influence attitudes and behavior affecting the achievement of political and military objectives. They include strategic psychological activities, consolidation psychological operations and battlefield psychological activities. RMA: Revolution in Military Affairs. The realization by the military that information, and information technologies must be considered as a weapon in achieving national objectives via military activity. |