Editorial

Welcome to the second issue of JIW for 2010 and the 26^th issue overall.  The Journal of Information Warfare continues to engage in the ever widening discipline of information warfare / operations. In particular, this issue examines disparities in the field of influence across both soft and hard power, and within critical and non-critical structures.

The issue has 5 papers. The paper by Huhtinen, Armistead and Schou looks at the integration of information warfare training with traditional military training. It considers the shift from command and control-based leadership to new forms of information-based contributions.

The paper by Leming looks at the widening differences in Network Centric Warfare (NCW) within the military sector and the enterprise arena. Leming examines the different pathways along which NCW continues to evolve and the failure of commerce to engage in areas of information superiority.

The paper by Feyyaz considers the increased need for the development of soft power in conjunction with the rapid increase in deployment of technological superiority of information and influence. His paper employs a South-Asian focus in arguing for the improvement of India–Pakistan relations through a socially cohesive approach to information warfare.

The paper by Karp, Haury and Davis examines a range of management issues relating to shared documents. In so doing, the paper exposes some obvious access control issues whilst suggesting a possible solution.

The final paper by Henry, Stange and Trias considers the need for a system of classification of cyber attacks that allows for a greater understanding of cyber threats from within a specifically warfare-based framework.

David Cook (Coordinating Editor)

September, 2010

d.cook@ecu.edu.au

Table of Contents

 About the Authors

Aki Huhtinen, PhD. is Docent of practical philosophy in the University of Helsinki and Docent of social consequences of media and information technology in the University of Lapland. Aki works at the Department of Management and Leadership Studies at the Finnish National Defence College.

 Alan Karp is a principal scientist in the Virus Safe Computing Group at HP Labs. Formerly he was senior technical contributor and chief scientist at HP’s E-speak Operation. A member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery, Dr. Karp has served on the editorial boards of numerous scientific journals.

Caroline Leming completed her Master of Information Security and Intelligence in 2010 from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. She currently resides in Zurich, Switzerland and is working towards her Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours).

Corey Schou is University Professor of Informatics and Associate Dean at Idaho State University, and  Director of the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (NIATEC) and the Simplot Decision Support Center (SDSC), and for ten years has held the position as the chair of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education.^[

Edwin “Leigh” Armistead is the Director of Business Development for Goldbelt Hawk LLC, the Programme Chair for the International Conference of Information Warfare and an Adjunct Lecturer for Edith Cowen University in Perth, Australia.  He has written nine books, 18 journal articles, presented 17 academic papers and served as a Chairman for 16 professional and academic conferences.  Formerly a Master Faculty at the Joint Forces Staff College, Leigh received his PhD from Edith Cowan University with an emphasis on Information Operations.  He also serves as a Co-Editor for the Journal of International Warfare, and the Editorial Review Board for European Conference on Information Warfare.

Eric D. Trias, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright Patterson AFB, OH. His research interest includes Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Information Systems Security, Digital Forensics, Cyberspace Operations, and Information Theory.

Harry Haury, CEO of NuParadigm Companies, has worked for over a decade in conjunction with DARPA, NSA, Navy, DISA, OSD, OSD-NII, Mitre, Sandia National Laboratories, DHS, Hewlett Packard, Booze Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, QINETIQ, Northrop Grumman, and SpaWar Systems Centers.  He is a voting member of OASIS, member of the PKI, Key Management, XACML and other TCs. Harry is a top 5, finalist in the 2009 Paper Contest sponsored by NRL on cyber-security.

 Jacob Stange attends the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH studying for his Master’s in Cyber Operations.  He graduated from the College of Mount St. Joseph with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science in 2009.

His research interests include Artificial Intelligence in Crowds, Cyber Attack Tactics, and Attacking Wireless Sensor Networks.

Mike Davis is a Chief Systems Engineer at SPAWAR Headquarters (U.S. Navy), where he recently completed a tour as the senior information assurance technical warrant. He currently serves as the San Diego ISSA vice president, technical advisor for “The Security Networks,” and local INCOSE chapter technology vice president. Mike has over 20 years experience in IT/Security technical and operational leadership positions.

 Muhammad Feyyaz holds a Masters Degree in war studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad and is doing his final thesis for M Phil in Peace & Conflict Studies, from National Defence University, Islamabad. Has long experience of teaching military art and science and national security issues in academic / training institutions of Pakistan armed forces where he visits regularly. Has been a research fellow at Faculty of Research and Doctrinal Studies (FORADS), Command and Staff College, Quetta, and Director Centre of Excellence for Peace keeping Studies, at NDU.  Frequently writes for Pakistani and foreign research and academic journals. He is currently serving on the faculty of National School of Public Policy at Lahore, Pakistan.

 Wayne “Chris” Henry attends the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH studying for his Master’s in Computer Engineering.  He graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering in 2004.

His research interests include Network Attribution Techniques, Cyber Attack Tactics, and Malware Reverse Engineering.