Information Warfare

<p>There are four major goals of this paper. We will explore the possibility of well-known terrorist groups (Hammas Hezbolla Al Qaeda) launching an information warfare attack against our national infrastructure. Various definitions of information warfare and the three types of information warfare will be described in depth. The research will also look at Cuba China North Korea and Russia's path toward developing information warfare as a weapon in their toolbox. Additionally this paper will analyze current U.S. vulnerabilities and propose a road-map toward securing our national infrastructure. Old and young alike whether sitting in a Cyber-bar in the United States a school-house in Germany or a Zulu teenager squatting in front of a thatched roofed beehive dwelling in Africa are surfing the Internet; gaining access to everything that touches their lives from e-banking to updating heath care coverage to mating and dating. We are becoming a digitized society of ones and zeroes by necessity. The Digital Generation or GenD the generation following the baby boomers was introduced to computer technology at an early age. Now that we have created a computer literate society and everyone's comfortable exploring different areas on the network new variables and hazards are introduced. Many experts refer to IW as Information Operation (IO) Electronic Warfare (EW) Cyberwar or Netwar. The over-arching term used for this paper is Information Warfare.</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>