Digital Deception: Implications of Pursuing Decision Superiority Using Deception in Cyberspace

摘要

Military Deception is one of the tools of information Warfare (IW) and a key enabler of 'Decision Superiority.' The next generation of military deception will include digital deception: deception in cyberspace. Joint Vision 2020 calls for U.S. Joint Forces to strive for, and obtain Decision Superiority as the goal of their Command and Control Warfare (C2W) efforts. The logical culmination of the pursuit of dominance across the cognitive hierarchy, Decision Superiority is the ability to make prudent military decisions while denying one's adversaries the same. What is deception's role in the pursuit of Information and Decision Superiority. How does digital deception differ from traditional military deception. What advantages does it offer over traditional deception. What are the challenges to implementing deception in the digital domain. These are the questions addressed.