Abstract
Information warfare (IW) is a dynamic and developing concept, which constitutes a number of disciplines. This paper aims to develop a life cycle model for information warfare that is applicable to all of the constituent disciplines. The model aims to be scalable and applicable to civilian and military incidents where information warfare tactics are employed. Existing information warfare models are discussed, and a new model is developed from the common aspects of these existing models. The proposed model is then applied to a variety of incidents to test its applicability and scalability. The proposed model is shown to be applicable to multiple disciplines of information warfare and is scalable, thus meeting the objectives of the model.
Highlights
IntroductionIt is intended that the existing models are related and brought together in a single framework in an attempt to further standardise the information warfare concept in a global context
Information warfare is a construct that was brought to prominence by the United States Department of Defence in the 1990s (Kopp 2000:31)
The Information Warfare (IW) Life Cycle Model was applied to five incidents of varying scale and with different focus areas that fall within information warfare
Summary
It is intended that the existing models are related and brought together in a single framework in an attempt to further standardise the information warfare concept in a global context. This model forms the second step and consists of consolidating the various levels of models into a single framework. For the purposes of this paper, the background will provide the information relevant to the proposed model. We provide the background theory to information warfare and presents the models previously proposed to describe aspects of Information Warfare (IW). Existing models and frameworks to describe IW cycles are presented and discussed
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