Cyber Operations
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Cyber Operations is a classification of military operations that use of Computer Network Attack (CNA), Computer Network Defense (CND),
Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) against an enemy to achieve military objectives.
, communications, transportation, services and supporting structures that form the backbone for the exchange of information. The CII is of critical importance to the proper functioning of modern developed nations and to the world at large. CO evolved out of the need to protect and attack CII and its military counterpart starting in the late 1980s
(e.g. Morris Worm of 1988). CO, as a major and integrated military doctrine, started to take shape following the September 11 attacks on the United States.
has various Modeling & Simulation efforts to represent recipients and effects of CNA, CND, and CNE.
Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) against an enemy to achieve military objectives.
History
The Civilian Information Infrastructure (CII) is composed of the powerElectric power
Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...
, communications, transportation, services and supporting structures that form the backbone for the exchange of information. The CII is of critical importance to the proper functioning of modern developed nations and to the world at large. CO evolved out of the need to protect and attack CII and its military counterpart starting in the late 1980s
1980s
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(e.g. Morris Worm of 1988). CO, as a major and integrated military doctrine, started to take shape following the September 11 attacks on the United States.
Activities
Activities associated with CO are:- Information Operations (IO)
- Electronic WarfareElectronic warfareElectronic warfare refers to any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults via the spectrum. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent the advantage of, and ensure friendly...
(EW) - Kinetic OperationsKinetic bombardmentA kinetic bombardment is the act of attacking a planetary surface with an inert projectile, where the destructive force comes from the kinetic energy of the projectile impacting at very high velocities...
(KO) - Law Enforcement (LE)
- Public AffairsPublic affairs (military)Public Affairs is a term for the formal offices of the branches of the United States Department of Defense whose purpose is to deal with the media and community issues. The term is also used for numerous media relations offices that are created by the U.S. military for more specific limited purposes...
(PA) - Counterintelligence (CI)
- Operations securityOperations securityOperations security is a process that identifies critical information to determine if friendly actions can be observed by adversary intelligence systems, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate...
(OPSEC) - Chinese Information Operations and Warfare
Modeling and Simulation
The Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
has various Modeling & Simulation efforts to represent recipients and effects of CNA, CND, and CNE.
See also
- Cyber electronic warfareCyber electronic warfareCyber electronic warfare is any military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to control the domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modify, and/or exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures.Cyber EW...
- CyberspaceCyberspaceCyberspace is the electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.The term "cyberspace" was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for example in the Vernor Vinge short story "True...
- Cyberterrorism
- Cyberwarfare
- Computer network operationsComputer network operationsComputer Network Operations is a broad term that has both military and civilian application. Conventional wisdom is that information is power, and more and more of the information necessary to make decisions is digitized and conveyed over an ever expanding network of computers and other...
- Electronic warfareElectronic warfareElectronic warfare refers to any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults via the spectrum. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent the advantage of, and ensure friendly...
- Fleet Electronic Warfare Center (FEWC)Fleet Electronic Warfare Center (FEWC)The Fleet Electronic Warfare Center is an organization established by Naval Network Warfare Command in 2008 to be the center of gravity for US Navy fleet electronic warfare operational and tactical issues...
- Chinese Information Operations and Warfare