[Infowarrior] - Information Operations: Putting the ³ I ² Back Into DIME

[Richard Forno]

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?PubID=642


Synopsis:

In the past year, Information Operations (IO) has matured from an early
emphasis on the protection of critical infrastructures and against
electronic espionage and is now more focused on content and on interagency
information-sharing. The value of information--all information, not only
secret information--and the value of global monitoring in all languages,
24/7, has been clearly established by the Undersecretary of Defense for
Intelligence (USDI). This monograph defines and discusses three IO elements:
Strategic Communication (the message); Open Source Intelligence (the
reality); and, Joint Information Operations Centers (the technology). It
concludes with a strategic overview of the various conceptual and technical
elements required to meet modern IO needs, and provides a requirements
statement that could be tailored to the needs of any Combatant Commander,
service, or agency.