Editorial

Welcome to the first edition of JIW for 2008. This year, as Bill Hutchison is on leave, I have taken on the editorship and I wish to thank Bill for his continuing guidance and valuable advice.

This issue contains a diverse range of content from a lesson in historical deception to a regional view of information operations. The papers reflect the broad scope of information warfare. The first paper in this issue is an analysis of influence activities in the Asia region. This landmark paper by James Yin and Phil Taylor provides a fresh approach to information operations for policy makers. The second paper, authored by Chris Beggs and Matt Warren, proposes a managerial based risk framework for protection of SCADA systems from cyber-terrorism, as applicable to the Australian environment. The third paper is an informative and historical analysis of information operations in roman times by Caesar. Milton Diaz presents a new analysis on military deception of the famous historical Sambre River incident in 57BC. The final paper in this issue, by Aideen Keaney and Dan Remenyi, presents research into the increasing prevalent issue of identify theft. The paper describes the current status of this fraud from an Irish perspective. Further, the paper suggests that this is an area that could be significantly impacted in Ireland by improved web based consumer education.

As ever, we are seeking quality papers for publication. Most papers are of an academic nature and follow the rigorous process of peer review and need to stick to accepted practice. However, we also welcome papers with opinions on relevant topics from knowledgeable persons. Such papers do not require such rigorous analysis by peers. All submissions can be emailed directly to me.

Dr Patricia A.H. Williams

April, 2008

trish.williams@ecu.edu.au

Table of Contents

Paper 1: Information Operations from an Asian Perspective: A comparative analysis

Paper2: Safeguarding Australia from Cyber-Terrorism: A proposed cyber-terrorism SCADA risk framework for Australia

C. Beggs, M. Warren

Paper 3: Caesar’s Military Deception at the Sambre River (57BC)

M. Diaz

Paper 4: Identity Theft the Next Generation of Fraud: How well are the Irish protecting themselves?

A. Keaney, D.Remenyi

About the Authors

Christopher Beggs has just completed his PhD in Cyber-terrorism and SCADA security at Monash University. He holds a Bachelors Honours Degree in Electronic Commerce from Monash University and has been working as a part time academic for several years. He has also been involved in various Australian government defense projects in the last couple of years and is currently entering the commercial security environment as a consultant.

Lieutenant Colonel Diaz works as an intelligence officer in the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) where he is also pursuing a Masters degree in Strategic Intelligence at the DIA’s National Defense Intelligence College.  In 2005, he served in Baghdad as the Director of the DIA’s Joint Document Exploitation Center under the Multi-National Forces, Iraq.  Lt Col Diaz received a B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, from the University of California-Davis in 1983 and an M.S., Artificial Intelligence, from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1994.  Among his Air Force duties, Lt Col Diaz has served as an acquisition officer, an analyst, and a Missile Combat Crew Commander.

Aideen Keaney has spent nearly fifteen years working in the ICT field as an IS professional, business consultant and end-user.  She currently is employed as a lecturer in information systems in the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin.  Her research interests are in the areas of computer security with particular emphasis on identity theft and identity management.

Dr Dan Remenyi is a Visiting Professor in Information Systems Management at the School of Systems and Data Studies at Trinity College Dublin and an associated member of faculty at Henley Management College in the United Kingdom. His original academic interests are in the field of information systems management with special emphasis on the evaluation of information and communications technology investment. His major concern in this respect has been to help organisations understand if they have been obtaining value for money from their considerable investment. In recent year he has taken a strong interest in knowledge management, e-Government and information and communications security. He is also active in the field of the sociology of research. His work has been published in some 30 text books and 50 peer refereed papers. Some of his books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Romanian. He holds a B Soc Sc, MBA and PhD.

Philip M. Taylor is Professor of International Communications at the University of Leeds, UK.  He is the author of several well-known works on international propaganda, including Munitions of the Mind: a history of propaganda from the ancient world to the present day (Manchester University Press, 3rd edition, 2003).  His next book is Shooting the Messenger: the political impact of war reporting (with Paul Moorcraft, Potomac, 2008).

Prof. Matthew Warren is the Head of School and a Professor in the School of Information System, Deakin University, Australia. He has a PhD in Information Security Management from Plymouth University, UK. Professor Warren has received over three million dollars of research funding awards from national/international funding bodies. Matt has gained international recognition for his scholarly work in the areas of Information Security, Risk Analysis, eBusiness, Information Warfare, Online Teaching and Learning Systems and Critical Infrastructure Protection. He is the former Chair of  IFIP TC 11 Working Group 11.1 – Security Management and a former Director of the Australian Institute of Computer Ethics.

Maj James Yin is an Army officer in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). He was awarded the SAF Postgraduate Award in 2007 and is currently on a year-long study leave pursuing a masters degree in international communications in the University of Leeds. His last appointment was as a Plans Officer in the Army Information Centre, then a newly established corporate communications department of the Singapore Army. During his tour of duty, he has been deployed into Aceh to facilitate media coverage of the SAF’s humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, led the publicity effort for the SAF’s inaugural air-land integrated live firing exercise in USA in 2005 and handled numerous other consequence management incidents. He has also completed the US PSYOP Officer Qualification Course in 2005 where he was awarded a letter of commendation.