Information Denial . Information denial includes measures beyond normal protection to specifically target an adversary's collection systems. An important element of Information Warfare is information management . The underlying concept is that with the increasing value of information in business, a competitive advantage can result from improved management of this resource. There are many aspects to this element including the selection and introduction of information technologies and the methods for controlling data within information systems.
Automated solutions are important elements.
An essential element of Information Warfare is information transport . The speed with which this is done affects the timeliness of the data availability and therefore the responsiveness of the organization to situations. Since this responsiveness can be a big factor in the competitive process, the speed and efficiency of an organization's transport capabilities can be an important factor in the organization's survival or failure. Competitive transport systems must be fast, reliable, and controlled. Transport considerations must be viewed within the overall Information Warfare perspective, since the same efficiency that facilitates rapid message and data transportation also may be used by a competitor to download proprietary data bases in seconds or minutes.