Information Warfare

This book introduces policy, government, and security professionals to the concept of information warfare, covering its evolution over the last decade and its developments among such economic and political giants as China, Russia, Japan, India, and Singapore. The text describes various conceptions of information warfare, along with how they function in military, diplomatic, political, and economic contexts. Recent notable cyber attacks are analyzed, the challenges faced by countries who fail to secure their cyberspace (Japan, the US, etc.) are enumerated, and ways to distinguish between cybercrime, cyberwarfare, and cyberterrrorism are discussed.

This book introduces policy, government, and security professionals to the concept of "information warfare," covering its evolution over the last decade and its developments among such economic and political giants as China, Russia, Japan, India, and Singapore. The text describes various conceptions of information warfare, along with how they function in military, diplomatic, political, and economic contexts. Recent notable cyber attacks are analyzed, the challenges faced by countries who fail to secure their cyberspace (Japan, the US, etc.) are enumerated, and ways to distinguish between cybercrime, cyberwarfare, and cyberterrrorism are discussed.

Abbreviations xiIntroduction xviiChapter 1 The United States 11.1 Information warfare in the 1990s 11.2 Information warfare in the 2000s 191.3 Other important concepts and reflections 231.4 Loss of information control 441.5 American concerns 50Chapter 2 China 532.1 The concept of "information warfare": a genesis 542.2 The American perspective on Chinese information warfaremodernization and informatization of the PLA 712.3 Relations between Beijing and Taipei 102Chapter 3 India 1093.1 Entry into information society 1093.2 Information warfare: development and adoption of thedoctrine 1123.3 Understanding attacks against Indian cyberspace 1243.4 Indian hackers 132Chapter 4 Japan 1334.1 Japanese cyberspace flaws 1334.2 The challenges of cyberspace security 1464.3 Information warfare: a specific Japanese approach? 150Chapter 5 Russia 1555.1 Estonia-Russia: information warfare? 1555.2 Doctrines and components of the "information warfare"concept 1615.3 Potential players of information warfare 1715.4 The Russia-Georgia conflict: new information warfare?173Chapter 6 Singapore 1916.1 Regional and global economic ambition 1916.2 Challenges to security 1936.3 Cyberspace and national security 1946.4 Singapore armed forces in the information age 2006.5 Players in information warfare 2026.6 International cooperation and cyberspace protection 205Chapter 7 Identifying Aggressors and Acts of Aggression2097.1 Statistical data 2147.2 Attacks against personal information and information warfare2247.3 Classification of CNA type aggressions 2417.4 The players in CNA type aggressions 2447.5 One weapon amongst others: the virus 2507.6 Understanding the possible strategies of attackers 252Chapter 8 An Information Warfare Law? 2798.1 Warfare and the law 2808.2 Engaging in and conducting a war 2818.3 Protecting combatants and non combatants 2828.4 The challenges of information warfare for international law284Conclusion 287Bibliography 293Index 301