Volume 22, Issue 3 Editorial
Summer 2023
Welcome to the latest edition of the Journal of Information Warfare. Enclosed are nine double-blind peer-reviewed academic papers that encompass a wide variety of topics and issues:
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Cyber Threat Intelligence: A Component of Emergency Management Intelligence
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Evaluating the Ambiguous Cognitive Terrain: A Framework to Clarify Disinformation
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Get Real Integrated Information Warfare Training, Get Better Naval Lethality at Sea
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Sovereign Citizen Rhetoric as Narrative Warfare
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Combatting Privacy Information Warfare: A New Incident Response Framework
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Covert Action as Hybrid Warfare—Clarifying the Semantics
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Mirroring a Progressive Muslim Proselytizer: Considering How Whaley’s Unexpected Players Can Influence Influencers in Islamic Boarding School Communities
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Commanding the Trend—A Policy Analysis
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Commanding the Trend—A Legal Analysis
A common theme seen throughout these different submissions is that information is being utilized in a number of different ways to include as a weapon to influence, data to analyze, as part of a narrative, to spy, to protect, for intel, or in combat systems. What these disparate authors are all emphasizing in their papers is the power of information, and how it can be used to attack as well as defend. Everyone intuitively understands that knowledge is power, and that access to data is the key to success. These papers also cover in their own ways how information warfare is not limited to the military or government spheres but instead encompasses pretty much every activity of human existence. The breadth and depth of their topics clearly show how this element of power has grown over time.
On another note, the Journal of Information Warfare is tied pretty tightly with two academic conferences that occur every year, both run by Academic Conferences International, https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/. The International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS) will be held on 26 - 27 March 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa, https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/iccws/, while the European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS) will be held on 27 - 28 June 2024, in Jyväskylä , Finland.
Finally, a reminder that if you are an academic looking to add to your vitae and would like to be a reviewer for JIW, please reach out to me at leigh@armisteadtec.com. For your time and efforts, we will give you access to our library of all articles from the last two decades. Cheers.
AUTHORS
Peregrine Technical Solutions, LLC Yorktown, VA
Dr. Leigh Armistead is the President of Peregrine Technical Solutions, a certified 8(a) small business that specializes in cyber security, and the Chief Editor of the Journal of Information Warfare. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (1984), earned a master’s degree in Military History from Old Dominion University (1993), and a doctorate in Computer and Information Science from Edith Cowan University (2009). His major field of study is cyber power. He has published three books—all of which focus on the full spectrum of information warfare. He founded the International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, and the Vice-Chair Working Group 9.10–ICT Uses in Peace and War. He is a retired Naval officer.
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Journal of Information Warfare
The definitive publication for the best and latest research and analysis on information warfare, information operations, and cyber crime. Available in traditional hard copy or online.
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