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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Information warfare"”.
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The weight of an assassin's mace : vulnerabilities in the US military's satellite communications and China's information warfare threat
Believing that an information Revolution of Military Affairs has occurred, the US military is currently transforming to achieve dominance over the full spectrum of deployment scenarios with a lighter, more mobile, and more capable force. Establishing a far-reaching, robust, ubiquitous ISR and …
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Investigating information management weaknesses in a local government organisation: A critical hermeneutic ethnographic case study of internet documents from information warfare and legal perspective(s)
… and other threats due to weaknesses in information management on the internet. Based on Gadamer's (1985) approach to the interpretation of text discourse, this thesis is a critical hermeneutic ethnographic case study of one local government organisation investigating internet docunents …
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By force or by fraud: optimizing U.S. information strategy with deception
… transparency. Simultaneously, the onset of the Information Age has leveled the playing field between state and non-state actors (NSA) and proved that lasting victory cannot be achieved by force alone. Yet, due in part to the difficulty involved in quantifiably measuring information strategy, the …
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Lietuvos partizanų informacinės karybos strategija ir metodai /
Information Warfare Strategy and Methods of Lithuanian Partisans.
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Managing asymmetric threats to national security - terrorist information operations
… affecting Australia's national security from the information operations of terrorist groups and their use of such to conduct Information warfare. This is because personal observations and discussion with those operating In the national security arena alert to the need for research into this area. …
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Cyber Warfare Strategy in the People's Republic of China
… system. This thesis examines the role of information warfare and cyber warfare in Chinese military strategy. Cyber warfare is viewed as a force multiplier, the Chinese have a prospective that cyber is a strategic capability potentially capable of achieving victory before war breaks out. …
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Understanding and predicting urban propagation losses
Modern day warfare has presented the United States with a more technically savvy opponent in conflicts that have moved away from the traditional battlefield to the populated environment of the big city. Battle space dominance no longer refers simply to the physical nature of war, but now also …
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The Effects of Social Media on U.S. National Security
… security. It plays a controversial role in information warfare, may be used as a recruitment tool by terrorists as well as by criminals and hacktivists for purposes of misinformation and spreading uncontrollable threats. Options for dealing with these challenges are as varied as they are …
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Manufacturing dissent : assessing the methods and impact of RT (Russia Today)
… later, RT has become a self-described tool for information warfare and is under increasing scrutiny from the United States government for allegedly fomenting unrest and undermining democracy. It has also grown far beyond its television roots, achieving a broad diffusion across a variety of …
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ATTRITION OR RETENTION? EXPLORING 4-YEAR AND 6-YEAR OUTCOMES AMONG NAVY ENLISTED SAILORS
… racial minorities, and enlisted Sailors in Information Warfare and Admin & Supply broad occupational ratings are statistically more likely to retain past the initial 6 years of active-duty service. Accession waivers do not show a difference in attrition or retention outcomes, although I did …
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UXS AUTHENTICATION AND KEY EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIDOMAIN OPERATION AND JOINT INTEROPERABILITY
… unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and Naval Information Warfare Pacific CASSMIR unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The implementation provides a concept of operation to demonstrate the use of MLS to provide secure and efficient C2 and exchange of data between the UAV and USV in a multi-domain …
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Sanctioned and Controlled Message Propagation in a Restrictive Information Environment: The Small World of Clandestine Radio Broadcasting
… two models of message propagation in a limiting information environment: Sturges' information model of national liberation struggle and Chatman's small world information model. All the message propagation elements in the Sturges and Chatman's models are present in the broadcast texts analyzed. …
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The Ethics of Cognitive Security
… of the use of state power to defend against information threats and hostile activities, especially in digital information environments, an activity which has been described as the pursuit of cognitive security. I have three main aims. Firstly, to motivate scholarly interest in what I call the …
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Introducing statistical and machine learning-based methods of enhancing the resiliency and security of electrical-based critical infrastructure
… electricity is used to process and transmit information on and between computers. This information may pertain to medical, financial, and defense-related activities. Over the past hundred years, significant research has been performed to improve electrical-based technology’s capability, …
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The Strength of Weakness: Weaponized Information
… conventional military strategy with “weaponized information” in order to achieve success in the political and military arenas of conflict. “Weaponized Information” goes beyond the “network-centric” warfare envisioned by cyber security experts, focused instead upon the development of “fake news,” …
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Russian Information Operations in the Soviet Strategic Framework
<p>This thesis seeks to illuminate how information operations supports Russia’s strategy for creating power for the state. Using classic military theory and Soviet strategy as the lens, the paper examines information operations in the context of the nature of war. The examination includes …