Global information warfare: how businesses, governments, and others achieve objectives and attain competitive advantages

Abstract

Foreword-by Kent Kresa, Chairman and CEO, Northrop Grumman Corporation HOW WE CAME TO WHERE WE ARE-AND BY THE WAY, WHERE ARE WE? Everything You Wanted to Know About Information Warfare, but Were Afraid to Ask Fuel for the InfoWar Fire: The High-Technology Revolution The Global and Nation-State Information Infrastructures: Backbone or Achilles' Heel? Our Changing World, or Is It Really? Business, Government, and Activist Warfare: The More Things Change, The More They Don't THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE USE OF INFORMATION WARFARE TACTICS BY BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND ASSORTED MISCREANTS Information Warfare Tactics-How Can They Do That? It's the COTS, Stupid! It's All About Influence: Information Warfare Tactics by Nation-States Information Warfare: Asian Nation-States Information Warfare: Middle East Nation-States Information Warfare: European Nation-States Information Warfare: Nation-States of the Americas Information Warfare: African and Other Nation-States It's All About Profits: Information Warfare Tactics in Business It's All About Power: Information Warfare Tactics by Terrorists, Activists, and Miscreants INFORMATION WARFARE DEFENSES: COUNTERMEASURES, COUNTERATTACK, OR BOTH Surviving the Onslaughts: Defenses and Countermeasures Defending Against Information Warfare Attacks Begins with Knowledge Management What's a CEO to Do? Ya Gotta Have A Plan Those Who Do Not Accept Change and Adapt Will Be Consumed By It The Enlightened Will Survive The 21st Century Challenge: Surviving in the New Century APPENDICES Recommended Reading and References Glossary of Terms A Short History of Technology and Its Relationship to Warfare Revolution in Information Affairs: Tactical and Strategic Implications of Information Warfare and Information Operations Afterword About the Authors Index