Abstract
This article seeks to describe the interference of cybernetics as a key intervening factor in the consolidation of information as a power resource in the 21st century. Aware that information is the main substrate for the practice of intelligence, the studies carried out also seek to understand the transformations generated by the inclusion of cyberspace in this practice, highlighting how the particular characteristics of this domain are responsible for generating new demands to States in terms of defense and security. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, this paper is structured into three main discussion topics. The first one will hold a brief discussion about the particular characteristics of this new domain and its political significance to International Relations. The second topic will deal directly with the issues of intelligence and an evaluation of the interference of cyberspace in the intelligence practice will be carried out focusing on the study of the North American - dedicating a third topic to such discussion. In methodological terms it is a descriptive work; therefore, it will be guide by the analysis of international events that approach this subject, as well as by the literature that dedicated to such discussions. This article does not seek to end with such questions, but to present itself as a north to future discussions on this subject.
Highlights
In June 2013, Edward Snowden, a former employee of the US National Security Agency (NSA), reported, with contribution from the journals Washington Post and The Guardian, confidential information responsible for reveal a national and international surveillance scheme carried out by the US government
Aware that information is the main substrate for the practice of intelligence, the studies carried out seek to understand the transformations generated by the inclusion of cyberspace in this practice, highlighting how the particular characteristics of this domain are responsible for generating new demands to States in terms of defense and security
Face of the reflections made during all this paper, we conclude that the influence of cyberspace on the practice of Intelligence in the 21st century is relevant
Summary
In June 2013, Edward Snowden, a former employee of the US National Security Agency (NSA), reported, with contribution from the journals Washington Post and The Guardian, confidential information responsible for reveal a national and international surveillance scheme carried out by the US government. This surveillance was implemented through the usage of a program entitled PRISM.. This surveillance was implemented through the usage of a program entitled PRISM.2 This program was responsible for conducting a rigorous monitoring of the North American citizens and the international community through internet access. The statement that international leaders were under US surveillance, like the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, generated a great international repercussion.
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