| Talking the Talk: Why Warfighters Don't Understand Information Operations(Center for Strategic Leadership Issue Paper, Volume 4-09, May 2009) |
May-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis M Murray; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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 | Back in 2006 Army Colonel Rob Baker published an article in Military Review entitled The Decisive Weapon: A Brigade Combat Team Commander's Perspective on Information Operations. Any information practitioner who reads this excellent piece will immediately latch on to the fact that Baker's brigade was not really conducting information operations (IO), but in fact was using strategic communication as its primary enabler. But wait...can you conduct strategic communication at the ... |
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| Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army. Volume 89, Number 1, January-February 2009 |
Feb-2009 |
132 pages |
| Authors:
John J Smith; Robert A Whetstone; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This issue of Military Review contains the following articles: Systemic Operational Design: Learning and Adapting in Complex Missions, by Brigadier General Huba Wass de Czege, U.S. Army, Ret.; The Truth is Out There: Responding to Insurgent Disinformation and Deception Operations, by Cori E. Dauber; Sentinels of Afghan Democracy: The Afghan National Army, by Samuel Chan; Thickening the Lines: Sons of Iraq, a Combat Multiplier, by Major Andrew W. Koloski, U.S. ... |
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| Nonverbal Communication in the Contemporary Operating Environment |
Jan-2009 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Yager; Beret Strong; Linda Roan; David Matsumoto; Kimberly A Metcalf; ECROSSCULTURE CORP BOULDER CO
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| Nonverbal behavior (NVB) is a key part of communication, arguably accounting for considerably more of the communicative message than that contained in verbal exchanges. This is especially true when a language barrier exists, as it does for many Soldiers stationed overseas. Universal and culture-specific NVB knowledge, skills, and attitudes (propensity) enable Soldiers to better identify opportunities to influence individuals, groups, and situations, especially when seeking cooperation or needing to identify ... |
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| Multi-Robot Systems in Military Domains (Les Systemes Multi-Robots Dans les Domaines Militaires) |
Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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 | IST-032/RTG-014 aim was to consider the potential of modern multi-robot systems for the use in military domains. There has been substantial interest in the use of MRS for a variety of military purposes. A better understanding of human computer and/or robot interaction requirements and development of techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of MRS to meet military purposes will provide military users with a basis for determining their requirements for this ... |
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| More Than a Hand Shake: Synchronizing Public Affairs Operations with Information Operations in the 21st Century |
31-Oct-2008 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Brendan C McPherson; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Unprecedented advancements in communication technology (i.e., higher quality, lower cost, and greater access) have greatly changed the way people (and nations) communicate in the 21st century. It takes little more than a laptop or cell phone today to publish information for public consumption. This provides both significant challenges and new opportunities for a U.S. military intent on achieving and maintaining information superiority. To be successful in such an environment, where ... |
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| Words Mean Things: The Case for Information System Attack and Control System Attack |
31-Oct-2008 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Mark J Matsushima; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| War fighters in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) need a more precise, focused lexicon and a common understanding of cyberspace-related terminology; the term Computer Network Attack (CNA) is too broad. DoD should incorporate two new terms into the DoD information operations (IO) lexicon as CNA subcategories: Information Systems Attack (ISA) and Control Systems Attack (CSA). Use of these two new terms will help the joint force commander (JFC) and ... |
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| Baiting Inside Attackers using Decoy Documents |
16-Sep-2008 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Shlomo Hershkop; Salvatore J Stolfo; Angelos D Keromytis; Brian M Bowen; COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK OFFICE OF PROJECTS AND GRANTS
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| The insider threat remains one of the most vexing problems in computer security. A number of approaches have been proposed to detect nefarious insider actions including user modeling and profiling techniques, policy and access enforcement techniques, and misuse detection. In this work we propose trap-based defense mechanisms for the case where insiders attempt to exfiltrate and use sensitive information. Our goal is to confuse and confound the attacker requiring far ... |
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| Defeating 802.11 Wireless Networks |
01-Jun-2008 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Charles R Cosnowski; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Homeland Security of the United States is constantly under threat of attack from terrorist organizations. A variable and current terrorist threat is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as weapons of mass destruction. These UAVs can be built simply and cheaply from commercial off the shelf (COTS) parts and are typically controlled using standard radio control (RC) technology. An emerging technology that is being implemented to control and communicate ... |
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| Defeating Adversary Network Intelligence Efforts with Active Cyber Defense Techniques |
01-Jun-2008 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Keith A Repik; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The purpose of this research was to assess the potential of dynamic network reconfiguration and decoys to defeat adversary network reconnaissance efforts, thereby improving network defense. Specifically, this study sought to determine if the strategy has merit, thus warranting more resource intensive research and engineering studies. The research objective was achieved through a comprehensive literature review and limited technology survey. The key topics examined in the literature review include the ... |
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| Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas |
JUN 2008 |
64 pages |
| Authors:
II Echevarria Antulio J.; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Despite widespread emphasis on the importance of winning "the" war of ideas in recent strategic literature, one finds few analytical studies of wars of ideas as such. With that in mind, this monograph offers a brief examination of four common types of wars of ideas, and uses that as a basis for analyzing how the United States and its allies and strategic partners might proceed in the current war of ... |
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| Deceptive Tactics for Protecting Cities Against Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices |
MAR 2008 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Manuel X. Lugo; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis focuses on interdiction of Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) on a major city by using transparent and deceptive assets. Transparent assets (e.g., road blocks) are those for which we assume positions are known by both attackers and interdictors. Decoys and traps are deceptive assets. Decoys are meant to be perceived as effective interdiction assets by attackers, while traps are not perceived. We use a mathematical optimization model ... |
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| Commercial Eyes in Space: Implications for U.S. Military Operations in 2030 |
Mar-2008 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
William S Bell; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL CENTER FOR STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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| Commercial remote sensing from satellites provides tremendous information about objects on the Earth's surface for a variety of business, civil, and recreational needs. Using two case studies, this research paper investigates how commercial satellite remote sensing capabilities in 2030 could impact U.S. military operations and analyzes what investments should be made today to protect U.S. interests from adversaries using these capabilities. Interviews with multiple experts from the commercial remote sensing ... |
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| Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2008: Annual Report to Congress |
2008 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
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| China's rapid rise over recent years as a regional political and economic power with growing global influence is an important element in today's strategic landscape, one that has significant implications for the region and the world. The United States welcomes the rise of a stable, peaceful, and prosperous China. No country has done more to assist, facilitate, and encourage China's national development and its integration in the international system. The ... |
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| Imaging and Reflectance Spectroscopy for the Evaluation of Effective Camouflage in the SWIR |
DEC 2007 |
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| Authors:
Ho C. Leong; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The emergence of SWIR (short-wave infrared) sensors and ongoing development of multi-spectral imagers that operate across four wavebands (visible, NIR, SWIR and MWIR) pose new challenges for current camouflage, concealment and deception technologies. For one, they render ineffective conventional camouflage material that worked well in the visible part of the spectrum. The aim of this thesis is to propose means to provide effective camouflage across the visible and SWIR spectrum. ... |
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| Private Security Infrastructure Abroad: Criminal-Terrorist Agendas and the Operational Environment |
Nov-2007 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Turbiville; Graham H Jr; JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIV HURLBURT FIELD FL
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| Graham Turbiville's paper on private security organizations within today's operational and security environment is important as we consider the current conflict as viewed through an irregular warfare prism. Within the irregular warfare framework, the population is the center of gravity and, consequently, security for the population is paramount to maintaining the population's loyalty and support. To maintain this security, both government security organizations and private security firms operate within sovereign ... |
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| Learning Adversary Modeling from Games |
SEP 2007 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Avellino; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Since ancient times, adversary modeling has been used during wargaming exercises in which military leaders have recreated past battles or simulated future battles in order to educate military professionals. Although the technology today is much different, adversary modeling still serves the same goals to help military professionals learn tactics from past successes and mistakes. In the computer age, highly accurate models and simulations of the enemy can be created. However, ... |
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| The Volatile Situation of Balochistan - Options to Bring It into Streamline |
SEP 2007 |
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| Authors:
Abid H. Shah; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| While most of the world's media remains focused on insurgent attacks on coalition forces, oil facilities and Shia and Sunni sectarian attacks in Iraq, Pakistan is experiencing a rising tide of violence in the country's volatile Balochistan province, where the majority of the energy-starved country's natural gas facilities are located. Pakistan, currently engaged in a drawn-out conflict against al-Qaeda and Taliban remnants in its North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), is slowly ... |
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| Assessment of Psychophysiological Detection of Deception (PDD) Pretest |
07-Jun-2007 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INST COLUMBUS OH
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| The Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment (DACA) Research Division contracted with Battelle to conduct scientific research to determine the relationship between the content of the Psychophysiological Detection of Deception (PDD) pretest interview and PDD examination results. The primary objective of this effort was to extract information from designated PDD pretest accomplished performers (APs) through coordinated in-depth interviews (IDIs). The second objective was to provide recommendations for the integration of this ... |
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| The Makara of Hizballah: Deception in the 2006 Summer War |
JUN 2007 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
David A. Acosta; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Information, while always a critical element of warfare, is quickly becoming decisive in present day conflicts. While the use of this information can take many forms, one area where the discussion of information's impact on conflict has been delinquent is in the art of deception. Hizballah and Israel serve as the perfect backdrop to examine the effects of deception in current conflicts. While Israel has always maintained a hard power ... |
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| Applying Spatial-Temporal Model and Game Theory to Asymmetric Threat Prediction |
JUN 2007 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Mo Wei; Genshe Chen; Jr. Cruz Jose B.; Leonard Haynes; Martin Kruger; OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH ARLINGTON VA
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| Accurate predictions of enemy course of actions "ECOA" are important to the command and control optimization strategies in long-lasting battles. In most Command and Control "C2" applications, the existing techniques, such as spatial-temporal point models for ECOA prediction or Discrete Choice Model "DCM", assume that insurgent attack features/patterns, or at least the trends of behavior patterns, are static. However, this static assumption is no longer true for intelligent and organized ... |
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| Influencing Friends and Allies: Information Operations Doctrine and the Role of the Combatant Commander |
10 MAY 2007 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Jon-Paul R. LaBruzzo; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Joint Publication (JP) 3-13 states that "Information operations (IO) are described as the integrated employment of electronic warfare (EW), computer network operations (CNO), psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception (MILDEC), and operations security (OPSEC), in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp adversarial [emphasis added] human and automated decision making while protecting our own." While this definition addresses the full measure of joint efforts in ... |
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| Information Operations as a Counter to US Air Dominance: A Rival's Perspective |
02 MAY 2007 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Harris David A.; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The purpose of this monograph is to answer the question of what lessons over the past ten years of US air operations have foreign militaries integrated into their doctrine and organizations to counter US air dominance. By examining the air campaigns in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq through the lens of Chinese and Russians analysts, information operations has been the key lesson learned to counter US air dominance. From this analysis, ... |
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| Assessment of Optimal Interrogation Approaches |
MAY 2007 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
David E. Smith; David Hoff; Joseph Gier; Jerard Kehoe; EXPERT ADVOCATES IN SELECTION INTERNATIONAL CONSULT LLC SAINT LOUIS MO
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| In March 2006, the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) [now the Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment (DACA)] Research Division requested research to determine the optimal approaches or techniques used by an interrogator. Specifically, DACA wanted the researchers to gather information from "expert" interrogators (referred to as "superior" interrogators) regarding the approaches and techniques they used in obtaining confessions/admissions following a failed credibility assessment and compare them with the more ... |
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| Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues |
20 MAR 2007 |
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| Authors:
Clay Wilson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| This report describes the emerging areas of information operations, electronic warfare, and cyberwar in the context of U.S. national security. It also suggests related policy issues of potential interest to Congress. For military planners, the control of information is critical to military success, and communications networks and computers are of vital operational importance. The use of technology to both control and disrupt the flow of information has been generally referred ... |
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| Sun Tzu's War Theory in the Twenty First Century |
MAR 2007 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Li-sheng A. Kuo; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| War theories have great impacts on warfare. They provide ways to think about issues, and advice on problem solving regarding wars and use of force. Fundamentally, modern war theories are based on cultures, observation of war behaviors, and technology. The core values of a war theory are still of the human dimension. Therefore, prevention of any armed conflict still tends to be human nature of 20th century and will continue ... |
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| Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments |
22 FEB 2007 |
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| Authors:
Sharon Squassoni; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections since 2003 have revealed two decades' worth of undeclared nuclear activities in Iran, including uranium enrichment and plutonium separation efforts. Iran agreed in 2003 to suspend sensitive activities in negotiations with Germany, France, and the United Kingdom (European Union-3), which broke down in August 2005. On September 24, 2005, the IAEA Board of Governors found Iran to be in noncompliance with its Nuclear Nonproliferation ... |
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| Iran's Nuclear Program: Energy or Weapons? |
19-Feb-2007 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
S Sciple; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Claims by Iran that its current nuclear program is aimed at providing an additional energy resource to be used for peaceful purposes is not supported by their actions. Iran presents a threat to the Middle East region and the security of the United States, according to the 2006 staff report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence under the U.S. House of Representatives. This is due to Iran's past ... |
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| Clausewitz: On Poker (Clausewitz was a TA). How Today's Leaders Can Use Poker to Better Prepare Tomorrow's Warriors |
Jan-2007 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Phil A Stewart; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| For years, many philosophers, strategists, poets, politicians, and warriors have pointed to the similarities between playing poker and combat. It isn't just military leaders who see the power that training in poker provides. Bill Gates was an avid poker player before he went on to become the world's most successful businessman. President Truman, General Eisenhower, and Secretary of War Henry Stimson played avidly during World War II. All of these ... |
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| Educing Information - Interrogation: Science and Art, Foundations for the Future |
DEC 2006 |
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| Authors:
Robert A. Fein; Paul Lehner; Bryan Vossekuil; NATIONAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COLL WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH
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| The Intelligence Science Board was chartered in August 2002 and advises the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and senior Intelligence Community leaders on emerging scientific and technical issues of special importance to the Intelligence Community. The mission of the Board is to provide the Intelligence Community with outside expert advice and unconventional thinking, early notice of advances in science and technology, insight into new applications of existing technology, ... |
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| Optimizing Information Operations for the New Maritime Strategy |
23 OCT 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory J. Haws; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The Navy's Information Operations force and its capabilities are an important component of the new Maritime Strategy and its objective of meeting the challenges set forth by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). However, the Navy's Information Operations architecture requires modifications at the theater-strategic and operational levels of command to optimize its role in the CNO's new Maritime Strategy. Specifically, three areas require improvement: organizational alignment, career force development, and ... |
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| A Defense-in-Depth Approach to Phishing |
SEP 2006 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
David S. Barnes; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Phishing is a form of crime in which identity theft is accomplished by use of deceptive electronic mail and a fake site on the World Wide Web. Phishing threatens financial institutions, retail companies, and consumers daily and phishers remain successful by researching anti-phishing countermeasures and adapting their attack methods to the countermeasures, either to exploit them, or completely circumvent them. An effective solution to phishing requires a multi-faceted defense strategy. ... |
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| Optimal Stationing of RADAR Pickets and Anti-Ballistic Missile Defenders for Long Range Surveillance and Tracking (LRS&T) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Operations |
SEP 2006 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence M. Repass; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
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| We describe major enhancements to the missile defense planning aid JOINT DEFENDER (JDEF). JDEF is the first system that shows how to evaluate and exploit new and anticipated improvements in interceptors, longrange surveillance and tracking capabilities, networked communications, and the ability of detecting platforms to cue intercepting ones downrange. We want to improve system-wide effectiveness, gauged here by the reduction of expected damage inflicted. We defend an asset list (DAL) ... |
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| The Nez Perce Flight to Canada: An Analysis of the Nez Perce-US Cavalry Conflicts: Applying Historical Lessons Learned to Modern Counterinsurgency and Global War on Terrorism Operations |
16 JUN 2006 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Scott E. Pfau; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This study details the Nez Perce's struggle and offers a historical case study for unconventional warfare. This study proposes to answer the questions: Why did the US Army fail to achieve decisive victory over the Nez Perce in 1877; and What lessons can be taken from this historical case and applied to today's wars. Considering the history of unconventional warfare in the United States, specifically the Indian Wars, it is ... |
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| Learning to Detect Phishing Emails |
JUN 2006 |
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| Authors:
Ian Fette; Norman Sadeh; Anthony Tomasic; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| There are an increasing number of emails purporting to be from a trusted entity that attempt to deceive users into providing account or identity information, commonly known as phishing emails. Traditional spam filters are not adequately detecting these undesirable emails, and this causes problems for both consumers and businesses wishing to do business online. From a learning perspective, this is a challenging problem. At first glance, the problem appears to ... |
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| Some Thoughts on the Application of Military Theory to Information Operations and Network Centric Warfare |
JUN 2006 |
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| Authors:
Roland Heickero; SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY STOCKHOLM
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| The transformation into a world based on communication and information leads to Information Operations (IO) becoming more important than ever. Thus, there is a need to develop new methodologies for successful IO that take into account the change towards network-enabling warfare capabilities. In a network-centric warfare approach it is important to understand the opponents' network structure and communication system and how they use these resources. Equally important is to understand ... |
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| Reading the Mind of the Enemy: Predictive Analysis and Command Effectiveness |
JUN 2006 |
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| Authors:
Michael Ownby; Alexander Kott; SOLERS INC ARLINGTON VA
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| The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Real-time Adversarial Intelligence and Decision-making (RAID) program is investigating the feasibility of reading the mind of the enemy to estimate and anticipate, in real-time, the enemy's likely goals, deceptions, actions, movements and positions. This program focuses specifically on urban battles at echelons of battalion and below. The RAID program leverages approximate game-theoretic and deception-sensitive algorithms to provide real-time enemy estimates to a tactical ... |
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| Blogs and Military Information Strategy |
Jun-2006 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
James Kinniburgh; Dorothy Denning; JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIV HURLBURT FIELD FL
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| This monograph explores the possibility of incorporating blogs and blogging into military information strategy, primarily as a tool for influence. Towards that end, the authors examine the value of blogs as targets of and/or platforms for military influence operations and supporting intelligence operations. A blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, graphics, or video. Some blogs function as ... |
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| Information Operations during the Malayan Emergency |
JUN 2006 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
James R. Bortree; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Today, Information Operations (IO) is an area of emerging importance in military science. However, IO is not new. Many of the elements of IO have existed for thousands of years, including military deception (MILDEC), psychological operations (PSYOPs), and operational security (OPSEC). IO becomes more and more important in dealing with the conflicts the United States faces today, particularly as modern wars transition away from the large force-on-force encounters of the ... |
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| A New Approach to Detecting Deception Using Learning Theory |
31 MAR 2006 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
John T. Cacioppo; CHICAGO UNIV IL
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| The scientific literature on the detection of deception indicates that the use various physiological signals and testing approaches such as the guilty knowledge, or control question tests, yield results better than chance though lacking in sensitivity, specificity, and resistance to countermeasures (Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, 2003, "The polygraph and lie detection." Washington, DC: National Academy Press). Recent approaches that use brain imaging and other new ... |
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| An Information Operations Approach to Counter Suicide Bomber Recruiting |
15 MAR 2006 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
William S. Rabena; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Information Operations (IO) is one of today's least understood, yet most common scapegoat for perceived Global War on Terrorism failures in Iraq. Despite the on-going efforts of strategists and commanders to leverage the media in an attempt to tell the "good news" successes in Iraq, news coverage continually gravitates towards acts of violence, especially suicide bombings. With or without media support, recent polls indicate that the Coalition has already won ... |
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| Comparisons of Attacks on Honeypots With Those on Real Networks |
MAR 2006 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
Binh T. Duong; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Honeypots are computer systems deliberately designed to be attack targets, mainly to learn about cyber-attacks and attacker behavior. When implemented as part of a security posture, honeypots also protect real networks by acting as a decoy, deliberately confusing potential attackers as to the real data. The objective of this research is to compare attack patterns against a honeypot to those against a real network, the network of the Naval Postgraduate ... |
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| Managing Perception: A Twenty-First Century Imperative |
13 FEB 2006 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J. Riordan; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The "Global War on Terrorism" (GWOT) has -- at its core -- a requirement for persuasion. The GWOT represents less a conflict against an old and proliferated tactic than a fundamental war of ideas, waged largely through regional insurgencies and fought for hearts and minds. The United States will not win this war with kinetics alone. Across this ideological divide, information, and how it is presented, has assumed a critical ... |
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| Deception Detection in Expert Source Information through Bayesian Knowledge-Bases |
27 JAN 2006 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Santos Eugene; CONNECTICUT UNIV STORRS LAB FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH
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| The goal in this effort is to automatically detect deception by an individual or expert who is contributing to an information knowledge-base consisting of multiple experts. Contemporary decision makers often must choose a course of action using knowledge from several sources. Knowledge may be provided from many diverse sources, including electronic sources such as knowledge-based diagnostic or decision support systems, through techniques like data mining. As a decision maker's sources ... |
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| Clausewitz's Theory of War and Information Operations |
2006 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
William M. Darley; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The debate over information operations (IO) grows more confused because IO continues to be wrongly understood in its relationship to the so-called kinetic elements of military operations. Contrary to entrenched perceptions, IO is not merely a family of related skill sets or capabilities that in all cases augment "kinetic operations." Collectively, they are properly understood as a specific purpose and emphasis within an overall plan of action that under some ... |
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| Design and Manufacture of a Low-Profile Radar Retro-Reflector |
01 DEC 2005 |
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| Authors:
Dudley Bird; THALES COMMUNICATIONS SOMERSET (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| A passive retro-reflector can be defined as a device which reflects most of the energy incident upon it in the direction of the illuminator. Radar retro-reflectors are often passive, but active elements can be included to enhance the backscattered signal, or to modify it in some way, such as by the introduction of modulation or simulation of range profiles. Such devices have a significant role to play in the deception ... |
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| A Firewall Training Program Based On CyberCIEGE |
DEC 2005 |
126 pages |
| Authors:
Nai K. Tan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Firewalls represent an essential tool in networking environments. They are commonly used as an intermediate system to protect an internal network from external networks. It can be destructive to an organization if its sensitive information falls into wrong hands or becomes corrupted. The vulnerability becomes greater if an organization actively uses the Internet. Firewalls play an important role as a first line of defense for the protection of sensitive information ... |
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| Human Identification and Recognition of Emotional State from Visual Input |
DEC 2005 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
D. Metaxas; RUTGERS - THE STATE UNIV PISCATAWAY NJ
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| We have developed a robust framework for analyzing human motion, for the purposes of identifying people from their movements, and recognizing the emotional state of people from their movements. The key point of this framework is the integration of data from multiple visual sources, such as gait, facial expressions, and body movements. In addition, the algorithms for integrating the data should be general enough to allow contributions from nonvisual sources, ... |
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| When Should You Terminate Your Own Program? Bad Business: The JASORS Debacle |
30-Nov-2005 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
John T Dillard; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The Project Manager (PM) is typically the advocate for his program. He is the champion for his team of government and industry players, the spokesman to higher headquarters for progress in achieving the various parameters of cost, schedule and performance, and the steward of taxpayer funds -- on a constant quest for best value. He must keep the leadership -- and sponsors -- honestly informed in a timely manner, especially ... |
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| A Two-Sided Optimization for Theater Ballistic Missile Defense |
Oct-2005 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Gerald Brown; Matthew Carlyle; Kevin Wood; Douglas Diehl; Jeffrey Klein; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
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| We describe JOINT DEFENDER, a new two-sided optimization model for planning the pre-positioning of defensive missile interceptors to counter an attack threat. In our basic model, a defender pre-positions ballistic missile defense platforms to minimize the worst-case damage an attacker can achieve; we assume that the attacker will be aware of defensive pre-positioning decisions, and that both sides have complete information as to target values, attacking-missile launch sites, weapon system ... |
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| Logistic Support and Insurgency. Guerrilla Sustainment and Applied Lessons of Soviet Insurgent Warfare: Why it Should Still be Studied |
Oct-2005 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Turbiville; Graham H Jr; JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIV HURLBURT FIELD FL
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| This is a pertinent and timely study of a critical issue facing the United States military today: how do insurgents logistically sustain and expand their operations? Dr. Turbiville's essay discusses the logistics and sustainment of guerrillas operating in the Soviet Union behind German lines during World War II. The paper is a significant step in addressing the research shortfall on insurgency logistics. Dr. Turbiville posits that there is a high ... |
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