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Information OperationsAfter Afghanistan:An Australian Perspective
Mr Jeff MaloneDefence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia)
15 May 2014
Scope
• The Relevance of an Australian Perspective
• The NATO Approach to Information Operations
• Information Operations Lessons from Afghanistan
• Emerging Issues in Information Operations
The Relevance of An Australian Perspective
Australia’s Participation in the Afghanistan War
Australian Participation in Out-of-Area Operations
Australian Participation in Indo-Pacific Area Operations
Australian Participation in Multi-Lateral Interoperability Fora
The NATO Approach to Information Operations
NATO Definition of Information Operations
• “A staff function to analyze, plan, assess and integrate Information Activities to create desired effects on the will, understanding and capability of adversaries, potential adversaries and North Atlantic Council approved audiences in support of Alliance objectives.”
Source: NATO Military Policy on Information Operations, dated 20 July 2012
Information Activities
• “An action designed to affect information and/or information systems. They can be performed by any actor and include protection measures.”
Source: NATO Military Policy on Information Operations, dated 20 July 2012
The Information Environment
Source: US Joint Publication 3-13 Information Operations, dated November 2012
Examples of Information Activities
• Electronic Warfare
• Operations Security and Information Security
• Deception
• Psychological Operations
• Physical Destruction and Presence, Posture and Profile
• Cyberspace Operations
Source: Modified from Allied Joint Publication 3.10 – Allied Joint Doctrine for Information Operations, dated November 2009
Information Operations Lessons from the Afghanistan War
Information Operations is (much) More than Just Psychological Operations
Improvised Explosive Device Threat is Strategic and Persistent
Adversary Information Operations
Asset Availability and Saturation
Emerging Issues in Information Operations
Congested and Contested Spectrum
Mobile Devices and Social Media
Integrating the Spectrum and Cyber Domains
Future Unmanned and Autonomous Systems
Directed Energy Weapons
Conclusion
EW-IO-Cyber-EMS OperationsConvergence and Synergies
Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide, South Australia, 18-19 August 2014
