Information Warfare , INFOSEC , and Dynamic Information Defense ∗

Abstract

This paper surveys issues and requirements for future Information Warfare (IW), and introduces our concepts for an area we call: “dynamic information defense” [1]. Although defensive IW would incorporate relatively static information security (INFOSEC) capabilities, an effective IW defense must survive exploitation of pervasive “weak links” in security. This demands countermeasures of a fundamentally more dynamic, cooperative, and distributed nature than are available today. As described in this paper, dynamic information defense transcends INFOSEC with a broader strategy that integrates planning and analysis with a means for situational intelligence to achieve robust in-depth information defense.