"Integrating Cyberspace into the Battlespace"

28 October 2010, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference CentreLondon, United Kingdom

""Engineering Engineering RealityReality in Cyberspace in Cyberspace""

by Mr. Dimitrios Tataridas, The American College of Greece

Winner of the Award for European Excellence in a Scientific Project 2010

CYOPSCYOPSCYBER PSYOPS:CYBER PSYOPS:

REALITY ENGINEERING IN REALITY ENGINEERING IN CYBERSPACE AS A CYBERSPACE AS A

COUNTER-INSURGENT COUNTER-INSURGENT METHODMETHOD

PSYOPS

According to DoD’s Dictionary of Military Terms:

“Planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions,

motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals.

The purpose of psychological operations is to induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable to the

originator's objectives. Also called PSYOP.”(http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/data/p/6386.html)

Military Information Support Operations(MISO)

Cyberspace’s Topology in 2008

This is a picture of 8 trillion websites…

THE FIVE THREATS FOR NATOTHE FIVE THREATS FOR NATO

1. Global Insurgency

2. WMD Dispersion

3. Protection of Energy Resources’ Pathways

4. Global Climatic Changes

5. Cyberspace’s Security

CYOPS Battlefield Formation

PSYOPS and Cyberspace: The militarization of Cyberspace boosts the notion of PSYOPS and the ability to manipulate terrorist cells from a distance, giving a new

perspective to the Cyber PSYOPS (CYOPS) Battlefield.

Online multiplayer environments can easily be “lakes” full of fish for global hi-tech Online multiplayer environments can easily be “lakes” full of fish for global hi-tech terrorist recruitment, since it is a high-noise environment. The gamers might be a terrorist recruitment, since it is a high-noise environment. The gamers might be a

great “databank” for recruitment by the Global Insurgency networkgreat “databank” for recruitment by the Global Insurgency network..

CYOPS WEAPONSCYOPS WEAPONS

NEAR FUTURENEAR FUTURE

• Protection of Cyberware.• Enhancement of Neurosecurity

for military implications.• Distributed Cognition.• Intelligence Amplification.• Direct Neural Interface

(Human Neural Network + Cyberspace unification).

In November 2007 and March 2008, malicious

programmers vandalized epilepsy support websites

by putting up flashing animations, which caused seizures in some photo-

sensitive patients.

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy

CYOPSThe ultimate goals in a Cyber PsyWar are:

1. Promotion of the Global Strike doctrine and advancement of military-industrial-mass media complexes’ digital security.

2. Denial of mental sanctuary in Cyberspace for the insurgents’ genuflection (inability for military and organizational decision decision capability, structure and processes – Internet will be a capability, structure and processes – Internet will be a “prohibitive” medium for them).“prohibitive” medium for them).

3. CYBER PANOPTICON = CYBER DOMINATION (Cyberspace Awareness).4. Strategic Intelligence for NATO’s Cyber Security.5. General Petraeus’ Social Engineering promotion.6. Global Information Grid’s (G.I.G.) & INFOCONs’ enhancement.7. Enhanced Network-Enabled Command Environment.8. Offensive Sociocybernetics (alternative new perspectives & approaches on

General Systems Theory & Network Theory).9. AVOIDANCE OF STRATEGIC INFLECTION POINT.10. Internet Forensics Enhancement.

BOTTOM-LINEBOTTOM-LINE

Cyberspace is Cyberspace is ALREADYALREADY an informational battlefield. an informational battlefield.

Cyberspace exists Cyberspace exists EVERYWHEREEVERYWHERE, thus expect an , thus expect an attack from attack from ANYWHEREANYWHERE, negating to NATO its cyber , negating to NATO its cyber

military omnipresence.military omnipresence.

Perception Management and Mind Manipulation through Perception Management and Mind Manipulation through Cyberspace will be a dominant issues in the future. Cyberspace will be a dominant issues in the future.

CYOPS will be a CYOPS will be a COMBAT MULTIPLIERCOMBAT MULTIPLIER, , penetrating directly and pervasively into the enemy’s penetrating directly and pervasively into the enemy’s

heart and mind.heart and mind.

A “A “cyberpunkishcyberpunkish” approach might be crucial, shaping ” approach might be crucial, shaping virtual environments like other battlefield ‘cubes’.virtual environments like other battlefield ‘cubes’.

“Better hardware is Better hardware is nice, but by itself it nice, but by itself it

will change nothing, will change nothing, if we do not win if we do not win

the War for the the War for the MindMind”.

Colonel Paul E. Valley, Colonel Paul E. Valley, From PSYOP to MindWar: The Psychology of VictoryFrom PSYOP to MindWar: The Psychology of Victory < <http://www.xeper.org/maquino/nm/MindWar.pdf>>

““What is the most resilient parasite? What is the most resilient parasite?

Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm?Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm?

An idea !An idea !Resilient... highly contagious.Resilient... highly contagious.

Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it's Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it's

almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is

fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there, somewhere.”right in there, somewhere.”

Jack Gilroy a.k.a. Old Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) in INCEPTIONJack Gilroy a.k.a. Old Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) in INCEPTION

After all,After all,

““If both the past and the If both the past and the external world exist only in external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind the mind, and if the mind

itself is controllable – itself is controllable – What then ?”What then ?”

George Orwell, George Orwell, 19841984 (New York: Penguin Books, 1977) (New York: Penguin Books, 1977)

Thank you for your Thank you for your tolerancetolerance

Hope I can answer your questions ?

Dimitrios Tataridas <panoplia_propheticus @ hotmail.co.uk>