Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Information-Warfare Defense (IW-D)

Citation
Defense Science Board, Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Information Warfare Defense (IW-D) (Nov. 21, 1996) (full-text).

Overview
This report focuses on protection of information interests of national importance through the establishment and maintenance of a credible information warfare (IW) defensive capability in several areas, including deterrence and to make recommendations regarding the creation and maintenance of specific aspects of a national information warfare defense capability.

The Task Force recommended a series of over 50 actions designed to better prepare the Department of Defense for this form of warfare beginning with identification of an accountable focal point within the Department for all IW activities and ending with the allocation or reallocation of approximately $3 billion over the next 5 years to implement these recommended actions.