Information Warfare and Deception
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Informing Science Institute
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Computer and Information Science
RAS ID
4908
Abstract
This paper examines the history of the phenom enon of Information Warfare and the increasingly dominant role that deception is taking within its framework. The concept of information warfare began as a technology oriented tactic to gain information dominance by superior command and control. This soon developed into a realization of the power of information as both a ‘weapon’ as well as a ‘target’. The importance of information ra ther than its associated vehicle – information technology − created a situation where influence became a critical factor in conflict. As the nature of conflict changed to being an almost ongoing situation, control over mass communication be- came a high priority task for governments as we ll as the military. As such, the manipulation of information became an essential function. Thus, th e world of deception became an integral part of official communications between governments and their constituency.
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free_to_read
Comments
Hutchinson, W. (2006). Information warfare and deception. Informing Science, 9, 213. Available here