Humanity can’t live without information because it is the source of not only the elementary knowledge but also social status, profits, and certain advantages. Information is the modern instruments of the life you want to get.
Information’s role is very important nowadays no doubt. Information is available everywhere that was favourable for the development of new psychological addiction that is information addiction.
Turn around and you’ll find yourself covered with information that doesn’t allow breathing. But no, breathing is information and nothing more.
Information is the unique form of manipulation as with its help it is possible to make people believe in everything you want and to make people do everything you want.
It is always necessary to tell useful and true information from the waste with which libraries and Mass Media are filled not to mention internet.
Information is very attackable nowadays. There is the number of special characteristics that make information attackable. They are: concentrated information keeping, the speed of the access, the change of information, the great possibilities of the information systems to make their functions automatically. Some mechanisms of information defence may decrease the brittleness of data but not fully. In fact the information warfare consists of the number of stages and parts that provide its realisation and success:
- Psychological operations are those when the information is used to persuade and motivate soldiers of the enemy.
- Electronic operations are those when one doesn't allow the enemy to get the exact information.
- Misinformation is the operation when the fake information is given to the enemy about the power and intentions of the enemy.
- The psychical destruction can be the part of information warfare if it has the aim to influence the elements of the information systems.
- Safety precautions are destined to avoid the fact that the enemy gets to know the possibilities and intentions.
- The free information attacks are the direct information changing without the vivid changes in its essence in which it is concentrated. As you see there are a lot of information attacks and operations that provide the successful results of the warfare saving the lives of many people.