Re: [iwar] first-timer

From: Tony Bartoletti
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 13:39:52 -0700
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Welcome drellis

 > As for my definition on information warfare: 1) an attack on facilities
 > managing information that make the information no longer usable or useful,
 > or 2) an attack on the information that devalues it in such a way that it
 > is no longer usable or useful.

I don't know that I've ever formulated a definition...

But shouldn't IW also include both (1) manipulation of information to
effect damage through secondary effects (causing an air-traffic disaster,
rerouting critical supplies) and (2) theft of critical information?

I suppose the "theft" aspect might be covered in part by your "devalues"
clause (steal my idea, I don't get to profit) but such theft, and in
particular manipulation, can render information far worse than simply
"no longer usable or useful."  It can render the use of that information
very dangerous.

If someone were to delete the entry in my medical records that warns
the doctor I am deathly allergic to common medication X, the terms
"usable and useful" seem to understate the potential for damage.

Just a thought...

___tony___





Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 
Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94551-9900


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