iWar

For other uses, see I-War (disambiguation).

iWar is the term used by NATO to describe a form of Internet-based warfare.

iWar comparisons

iWar is distinct in that information warfare pertains to issues of intelligence, whereas cyber-warfare and cyber-terrorism pertain to issues of extelligence. These refer to degrees of sensitivity in military and infrastructure assets, battlefield communications and satellite tactical assessments. iWar refers to attacks carried out over the Internet, that target specific assets within Internet superstructure, for example: websites that provide access to online services.

iWar attack

iWar has an example in having been conducted by denial-of-service attacks, using high volume bombardment during information requests, bottlenecking Internet based computer networking.

In the future

The two trends of increasing vulnerability over the Internet and ease of attack make conflagration of iWar probable.

2008 Russia-Georgian conflict

The 2008 South Ossetia war heralded the arrival of iWar.

See also

Augmented reality Black propaganda Biologically Inspired Tactical Security Infrastructure C4ISTAR Command and control warfare Communications security Computer insecurity

Disinformation Electronic warfare Information Operations Condition Information Operations Roadmap Information warfare (IW) Network-centric warfare Web brigades

Further reading

• Gertz, Bill (2017). iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age. Threshold Editions (Simon & Schuster). ISBN 978-1-5011-5496-6.
• Voelz, Glenn J. (2015). The Rise of iWar: Identity, Information, and the Individualization of Modern Warfare. Strategic Studies Institute, U. S. Army War College. ISBN 978-1-329-78428-4.
• Wang, Xiangsui; et al. (2002). Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America. Pan American Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-9716807-2-2.

External links

• IWS - The Information Warfare Site
• Institute for the Advanced Study of Information Warfare (IASIW)