Relationships between Cyberspace Operations and Information Operations

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  • Zsolt Haig National University of Public Service

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3849/aimt.01466

Abstract

Today thanks to the wireless networking technologies and social networks, the inter-pretation of cyberspace has expanded. According to the three-layered structure of cyberspace, not only logical effects can be induced in this domain, e.g. by malwares, but physical and cognitive effects also appear in the physical and cyber-persona lay-ers, e.g. electronic jamming the wireless communications of network or influencing and manipulating users. This approach provides an opportunity to interpret cyberspace operations in a more complex way and to apply integrated technical and cognitive information capabilities that exploit each others effects. Accordingly, this study pre-sents an expanded interpretation of cyberspace, a novel and complex approach to cyberspace operations, as well as the information capabilities that can be used in these operations.

Author Biography

Zsolt Haig, National University of Public Service

Department of Electronic Wafare, colonel, professor

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14-04-2021

How to Cite

Haig, Z. (2021). Relationships between Cyberspace Operations and Information Operations. Advances in Military Technology, 16(1), 91–105. https://doi.org/10.3849/aimt.01466

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