Digital Warfare

<p>Digital Data Warfare (DDW) is an emerging field that has great potential as a means to meet military political economic and personal objectives. Distinguished from the hacker variety of malicious computer code by its predictable nature and the ability to target specific systems DDW provides the hacker with the means to deny degrade decieve and/or exploit a targeted system. The five phases of DDW attack--penetration propogation dormancy execution and termination are presented for the first time by the author in this paper. The nature allows it to be used in the stategic operational and tactical warfare roles. Three questions should be considered when developing a strategy for employing DDW: (1) Who should control the employment of DDW? (2) What types of systems should be targeted and (3) Under what circumstances should DDW be used? Finally a brief overview of possible countermeasures against DDW is provided as well as an outline of an effective information system security program that would provide a defense against DDW.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>