Information Operations Planning

Author : Patrick D. Allen
Publisher : Artech House Information Warfa
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1580535178

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Information Operations Planning by Patrick D. Allen Pdf

Information operations involve the use of military information and how it is gathered, manipulated, and fused. It includes such critical functions as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, command and control, communications, and precision navigation. Separating myth from reality, this authoritative resource provides military professionals with a current and comprehensive understanding of information warfare operations planning, including offensive, defensive, and influence operations. The book identifies the features of information operations that differ from traditional military operations and reveals why this discipline is more important now than ever before. Professionals discover new planning tools that have been brought together under a single platform to become the next Information Operations Planning Tool for the U.S. Department of Defence. Additionally, the book defines and identifies new threats and opportunities, and explains why the U.S. is not yet winning the war for the minds.

Author : Joint Forces Staff College (U.S.)
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597973557

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Information Operations by Joint Forces Staff College (U.S.) Pdf

The modern means of communication have turned the world into an information fishbowl and, in terms of foreign policy and national security in post-Cold War power politics, helped transform international power politics. Information operations (IO), in which time zones are as important as national boundaries, is the use of modern technology to deliver critical information and influential content in an effort to shape perceptions, manage opinions, and control behavior. Contemporary IO differs from traditional psychological operations practiced by nation-states, because the availability of low-cost high technology permits nongovernmental organizations and rogue elements, such as terrorist groups, to deliver influential content of their own as well as facilitates damaging cyber-attacks ("hactivism") on computer networks and infrastructure. As current vice president Dick Cheney once said, such technology has turned third-class powers into first-class threats. Conceived as a textbook by instructors at the Joint Command, Control, and Information Warfare School of the U.S. Joint Forces Staff College and involving IO experts from several countries, this book fills an important gap in the literature by analyzing under one cover the military, technological, and psychological aspects of information operations. The general reader will appreciate the examples taken from recent history that reflect the impact of IO on U.S. foreign policy, military operations, and government organization.

Author : Christopher Paul
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015076167447

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Information Operations—Doctrine and Practice by Christopher Paul Pdf

A no-nonsense treatment of information operations, this handbook makes clear what does and does not fall under information operations, how the military plans and executes such efforts, and what the role of IO ought to be in the war of ideas. Paul provides detailed accounts of the doctrine and practice of the five core information operations capabilities (psychological operations, military deception, operations security, electronic warfare, and computer network operations) and the three related capabilities (public affairs, civil-military operations, and military support to public diplomacy). The discussion of each capability includes historical examples, explanations of tools and forces available, and current challenges faced by that community. An appendix of selected excerpts from military doctrine ties the work firmly to the military theory behind information operations. Paul argues that contemporary IO's mixing of capabilities focused on information content with those focused on information systems conflates apples with the apple carts. This important study concludes that information operations would be better poised to contribute to the war of ideas if IO were reorganized, separating content capabilities from systems capabilities and separating the employment of black (deceptive or falsely attributed) information from white (wholly truthful and correctly attributed) information.

Author : Mark D Vertuli Editor,Mark Vertuli,Bradley Loudon,Bradley S Loudon Editor
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727846923

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Perceptions Are Reality by Mark D Vertuli Editor,Mark Vertuli,Bradley Loudon,Bradley S Loudon Editor Pdf

Volume 7, Perceptions Are Reality: Historical Case Studies of Information Operations in Large-Scale Combat Operations, is a collection of ten historical case studies from World War II through the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Ukraine. The eleventh and final chapter looks forward and explores the implications of the future information environment across the range of military operations during both competition and conflict. The case studies illustrate how militaries and subnational elements use information to gain a position of relative advantage during large-scale combat. The intent of this volume is to employ history to stimulate discussion and analysis of the implications of information operations in future LSCO by exploring past actions, recognizing and understanding successes and failures, and offering some lessons learned from each author's perspective.

Author : Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1480218537

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Information Operations (Joint Publication 3-13) by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Pdf

This publication, “Information Operations (Joint Publication 3-13),” provides doctrine for information operations planning, preparation, execution, and assessment in support of joint operations. Information is a strategic resource, vital to national security, and military operations depend on information and information systems for many simultaneous and integrated activities. Information operations (IO) are described as the integrated employment of electronic warfare (EW), computer network operations (CNO), psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception (MILDEC), and operations security (OPSEC), in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp adversarial human and automated decision making while protecting our own. The purpose of this doctrine is to provide joint force commanders (JFCs) and their staffs guidance to help prepare, plan, execute, and assess IO in support of joint operations. The principal goal is to achieve and maintain information superiority for the US and its allies. The information environment is the aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that collect, process, disseminate, or act on information. The information environment is made up of three interrelated dimensions: physical, informational, and cognitive.

Author : Michael Schwille,Jonathan Welch,Scott Fisher,Thomas M. Whittaker,Christopher Paul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1977407595

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Handbook for Tactical Operations in the Information Environment by Michael Schwille,Jonathan Welch,Scott Fisher,Thomas M. Whittaker,Christopher Paul Pdf

With its quick-reference format and series of illustrative vignettes, this handbook facilitates problem-solving and highlights how early-career officers in tactical units can contribute to operations in the information environment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Information warfare
ISBN : UIUC:30112045171284

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Information Operations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Department Army
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1481131125

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Information Operations: Doctrine, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (FM 3-13 / 100-6) by Department Army Pdf

Information is an element of combat power. Commanders conduct information operations (IO) to apply it. Focused IO-synchronized with effective information management and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance-enable commanders to gain and maintain information superiority. IO is a prime means for achieving information superiority. Users of FM 3-13 must be familiar with the military decision making process established in FM 5-0, Army Planning and Orders Production; the operations process, established in FM 3-0, Operations; and commander's visualization, described in FM 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces. As the Army's key integrating manual for IO, this manual prescribes IO doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP). It also establishes doctrine and TTP for the IO elements of operations security and military deception. This manual implements joint IO doctrine established in JP 3-13, Joint Doctrine for Information Operations; JP 3-54, Joint Doctrine for Operations Security; and JP 3-58, Joint Doctrine for Military Deception. This manual establishes the following as the definition of IO used by Army forces: Information operations is the employment of the core capabilities of electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security, in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to affect or defend information and information systems, and to influence decision making. This definition supersedes the definition of IO in FM 3-0. It is consistent with joint initiatives.

Author : Irina Goldenberg,Joseph Soeters,Waylon H. Dean
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319428192

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Information Sharing in Military Operations by Irina Goldenberg,Joseph Soeters,Waylon H. Dean Pdf

This volume explores the interpersonal, organizational, and technological enablers and barriers to information and intelligence sharing in multinational and multiagency military, humanitarian, and counterterrorism operations. To this end the contributions present case studies and other empirical research. UN and special operations headquarters are studied, along with multinational operations in Mali, Iraq, and Afghanistan by the UN and by U.S. Central Command. Perennial themes are the need for a holistic approach to information sharing—one that incorporates all the above enablers—and the importance of learning from experience, which should be the basis for operational planning. There is still considerable ground to be gained in enhancing the efficacy of information sharing in the context of defense and security, and the present book contributes to this goal.

Author : Norman M. Wade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1935886606

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(INFO1) the Information Operations & Capabilities SMARTbook by Norman M. Wade Pdf

Over the past two decades, information operations (IO) has gone through a number of doctrinal evolutions, explained, in part, by the rapidly changing nature of information, its flow, processing, dissemination, impact and, in particular, its military employment. INFO1: The Information Operations & Capabilities SMARTbook examines the most current doctrinal references available and charts a path to emerging doctrine on information operations.

Author : Brian David Johnson,Cyndi Coon,Natalie Vanatta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783031025754

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Threatcasting by Brian David Johnson,Cyndi Coon,Natalie Vanatta Pdf

Impending technological advances will widen an adversary’s attack plane over the next decade. Visualizing what the future will hold, and what new threat vectors could emerge, is a task that traditional planning mechanisms struggle to accomplish given the wide range of potential issues. Understanding and preparing for the future operating environment is the basis of an analytical method known as Threatcasting. It is a method that gives researchers a structured way to envision and plan for risks ten years in the future. Threatcasting uses input from social science, technical research, cultural history, economics, trends, expert interviews, and even a little science fiction to recognize future threats and design potential futures. During this human-centric process, participants brainstorm what actions can be taken to identify, track, disrupt, mitigate, and recover from the possible threats. Specifically, groups explore how to transform the future they desire into reality while avoiding an undesired future. The Threatcasting method also exposes what events could happen that indicate the progression toward an increasingly possible threat landscape. This book begins with an overview of the Threatcasting method with examples and case studies to enhance the academic foundation. Along with end-of-chapter exercises to enhance the reader’s understanding of the concepts, there is also a full project where the reader can conduct a mock Threatcasting on the topic of “the next biological public health crisis.” The second half of the book is designed as a practitioner’s handbook. It has three separate chapters (based on the general size of the Threatcasting group) that walk the reader through how to apply the knowledge from Part I to conduct an actual Threatcasting activity. This book will be useful for a wide audience (from student to practitioner) and will hopefully promote new dialogues across communities and novel developments in the area.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Committee to Review DOD C4I Plans and Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-06-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309064859

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Realizing the Potential of C4I by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Committee to Review DOD C4I Plans and Programs Pdf

Rapid progress in information and communications technologies is dramatically enhancing the strategic role of information, positioning effective exploitation of these technology advances as a critical success factor in military affairs. These technology advances are drivers and enablers for the "nervous system" of the militaryâ€"its command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systemsâ€"to more effectively use the "muscle" side of the military. Authored by a committee of experts drawn equally from the military and commercial sectors, Realizing the Potential of C4I identifies three major areas as fundamental challenges to the full Department of Defense (DOD) exploitation of C4I technologyâ€"information systems security, interoperability, and various aspects of DOD process and culture. The book details principles by which to assess DOD efforts in these areas over the long term and provides specific, more immediately actionable recommendations. Although DOD is the focus of this book, the principles and issues presented are also relevant to interoperability, architecture, and security challenges faced by government as a whole and by large, complex public and private enterprises across the economy.

Author : John Costello,Joe McReynolds
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727834607

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China's Strategic Support Force by John Costello,Joe McReynolds Pdf

In late 2015, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) initiated reforms that have brought dramatic changes to its structure, model of warfighting, and organizational culture, including the creation of a Strategic Support Force (SSF) that centralizes most PLA space, cyber, electronic, and psychological warfare capabilities. The reforms come at an inflection point as the PLA seeks to pivot from land-based territorial defense to extended power projection to protect Chinese interests in the "strategic frontiers" of space, cyberspace, and the far seas. Understanding the new strategic roles of the SSF is essential to understanding how the PLA plans to fight and win informationized wars and how it will conduct information operations.

Author : Arturo Munoz
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780833051561

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U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan by Arturo Munoz Pdf

The U.S. Marine Corps, which has long recognized the importance of influencing the civilian population in a counterinsurgency environment, requested an evaluation of the effectiveness of the psychological operations element of U.S. military information operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010 based on how well messages and themes were tailored to target audiences. This monograph responds to that request.

Author : George E. Palmatier,Colleen Crum
Publisher : J. Ross Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1932159002

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Enterprise Sales and Operations Planning by George E. Palmatier,Colleen Crum Pdf

An effective sales and operations planning process is essential to successfully implementing any integrated management system, such as enterprise resources planning or supply chain management. Enterprise Sales and Operations Planning: Synchronizing Demand, Supply and Resources for Peak Performance illustrates the effective real world implementation of this powerful process.