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Information Warfare Sites

Recommended Information Warfare sites to visit

Information Warfare (IW) is the latest battlefield which engages governments, military organizations and businesses. IW is the offensive and defensive use of information and information systems to deny, exploit, corrupt, or destroy an adversary's information, information-based processes, information systems, and computer-based networks while protecting its own systems from exploitation.

IW specific

Military Resources

International (i.e. non-English)

Computer security, defense, intelligence related

Information Security Law

Disaster Information

Emergency Management

Homeland Security

Health and Medical

Terrorism

Business Continuity and Recovery Plans

Databases

  • FORENSICnetBASE: This popular resource provides the tools to investigate both criminal and ancient evidence, as well as guidebooks to aid in the service of justice
  • INFOSECURITYnetBASE: Established experts meet the increasing challenges of information security, with a wealth of material exploring system analysis and server set-up, as well as cryptography, cyber-crime, and other modern risks.
  • MILITARYnetBASE: Exploring war history, weaponry, superpower politics, and the cold war, as well as terrorism and current security concerns, this site, featuring works from Routledge, offers the authoritative data and diverse commentary that both scholars and policymakers require.

Books and Papers

  • Alan D. Campen, et.al, Cyberwar: Security, Strategy and Conflict in the Information Age, AFCEA, 1996.
  • Anthony H. Cordesman, "Cyber-Threats, Information Warfare, and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Defending the U.S. Homeland", CSIS publications, Westport Connecticut, 2002.
  • Assessing the Risks of Cyber Terrorism, Cyber War and Other Cyber Threats. James A. Lewis, Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 2002.
  • Background Investigations, Corporate Policies, Comptroller's Licensing Manual, Washington, D.C., June 2002.Combating Terrorism: A Compendium of Recent CounterTerrorism Recommendations From Authoritative Commissions and Subject Matter Experts. Michael A. Vatis, Director, Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College September 16, 2001.
  • Bruce Berkoswitz, The New Face of War, The Free Press, New York, 2003
  • Bruce Schneier. (2003). Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World. Copernicus
  • Bruce Schneier, Semantic Attacks; The Third Wave of Network Attacks, Counterpane Newsletter, October 15, 2000
  • Combating Terrorism: A Compendium of Recent CounterTerrorism Recommendations From Authoritative Commissions and Subject Matter Experts. Michael A. Vatis, Director, Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College September 16, 2001.
  • Cyber Attacks During the War on Terrorism: A Predictive Analysis. Michael A. Vatis, Director, Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College September 22, 2001.
  • Dan Verton, Black Ice: The Invisible Threat of Cyber-Terrorism, (ICE) Osborne, 2004
  • Denning Dorothy, Defending the Nation: Information Warfare and Security. (Massachusetts: ACM Press, 1999)
  • Edward Yourdon, Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology, PH, 2002.
  • Eric V. Larson and John E. Peters, Preparing the U.S. Army for Homeland Security: Concepts, Issues, and Options : Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 8 June 2001. Report details four mission areas (domestic preparedness and civil support in case of attacks on civilians, continuity of government, and continuity of military operations, border and coastal defense) in Homeland Security.
  • Hall, W. (2003). Stray Voltage: War in The Information Age. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
  • Harry Henderson, Global Terrorism: The Complete Reference Guide, Checkmark Books, 2003.
  • Hickman Donald, A Chemical and Biological Warfare Threat: USAF Water Systems at Risk
  • Ian O. Lesser, Bruce Hoffman, John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt and Michael Jenkins, Countering the New Terrorism, RAND Press, 1999. Power in a small package.
  • Information Security: Progress Made, But Challenges Remain to Protect Federal Systems and the Nation's Critical Infrastructures, GAO Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives Statement of Robert F Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues April 8, 2003.
  • Information Warfare: An Analysis of the Threat of Cyber terrorism Towards the US Critical Infrastructure. Shannon M. Lawson, SANS Institute, GSEC Version 1.2F
  • James Adams, The Next World War, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1998
  • John Holms Pynchon with Tom Burke, Terrorism: Today's Biggest Threat to Freedom, Pinnacle, 2001.
  • Kinast John, and Rush William F, Encryption Provides Low-Cost Scada Operating Security
  • Martin Libicki, What is Information Warfare?, National Defense University, NDU Press Book, 1997.
  • Michael E. O'Hanlon, et.al, "Protecting the American Homeland: One Year On," Brookings, Harrisonburg, VA, 2002.
  • National Institute of Justice, "Electronic Crime Needs Assessment for State and Local Law Enforcement", April 2001
  • National Research Council, "Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism", National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2002.
  • Nichols Randall K , Daniel J.Ryan, Julie JCH Ryan, Defending your Digital Assets, Against Hackers, Crackers, Spies and Thieves, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  • Nichols, Randall K and Lekkas, Panos C (2002). Wireless Security: Models, Threats, Solutions. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
  • Norman Friedman, Desert Victory - The War for Kuwait, Naval Institute Press, 1991.
  • Parker, Tom, Shaw, Eric, Stroz,E, Devost,M and Sachs, M (2004). Cyber Adversary Characterization. Rockland , MD: Syngress.
  • Peter L Bergen, Holy War Inc: Inside The Secret World Of Osama bin Laden, Free Press, 2001. A knowledgeable account.
  • Rattray Greg, Strategic Warfare in Cyberspace. (MIT Press, 2001)
  • Richard C Leone and Greg Anrig, Jr., The War on Our Freedoms: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism, A century Foundation Book, 2003.
  • Roger C. Molander, Peter A. Wilson, and Robert H. Anderson, United States Vulnerabilities: Threats Against Society, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, MR-1016, OSD, 1998.
  • Ronald R. Fogleman and Sheila E. Widnall, Cornerstones of Information Warfare, United States Air Force, no publication date.
  • Ryan Daniel and Ryan Julie, Protecting The National Information
    Infrastructure Against Infowar    , July 1996.
  • Ryan Daniel, Infosec and Infowar: Considerations for Military Intelligence, 1997.
  • Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, Norton Books, New York, 2004. A book that will rock your fundamental beliefs and value systems to the core. No way you walk away from this book without reevaluating your own view of the world.
  • The Global Disaster Information Network, Harnessing Information and Technology for Disaster Management, Disaster Information Task Report, 1997
  • The White House, Securing Critical Infrastructures
  • Thomas L Timothy, Al Qaeda and the Internet: The Danger of Cyberplanning, Spring 2003, pp. 112-23
  • Tim Kroeger, Information Warfare: More than meets the eye, GSEC version 1.4b, SANS Institute, 2003.
  • Williams, Paul L Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11: What the media and the Government Haven't Told You, Prometheous Books, 2004. The book makes a strong case that Osama is
    financing his drive toward obtaining Nuclear "suit-case" bombs ( 40+already in existence) of ten KT payload, via the drug trade from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Winn Schwartau, Information Warfare: CyberTerrorism: Protecting Your Personal Security in the Electronic Age, Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 1996.

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