Just as the threat of nuclear war once forced leadership to develop national security policy focused on defending America, so will Information Warfare emerge as a threat requiring our leadership to consider an Information Civil Defense. A comparison between the Cold War period and today yields an interesting perspective. Information Warfare is very cost effective and offers a non-attribution capability. DoD is critically dependent upon the public switched infrastructure though it has no control over and little ability to influence security standards. International espionage is being redirected from the individual with access to secret information toward network administrators.
Nations are determined to acquire America's customer base.
Industrial espionage will escalate into industrial sabotage. There are strong indications that an entirely new management philosophy is needed to counter 21st century spies. Economizing can be pursued through advanced Command and Control Warfare. Further, America's military will be more able to extend their global reach utilizing an offensive information warfare strategy. Tomorrow's military will prepare the theater of conflict by seizing control of all critical infrastructures utilized by the enemy.