"Information warfare is about the exercise of power on the information front. ... It is about using information to influence others in ways that serve your mission." (Dorothy Denning, p. 1).
             Information warfare is the use of information to combat an opponent. Ever since wars between humans began, information about the enemy's whereabouts, their habits, schedules, how they got their supplies, what their weapons were like, how powerful they were and the way they fought (tactics and techniques) have been sought in order to be able to fight a specific enemy more efficiently and successfully. Information may have been important, but so was "disinformation," which was spread through traveling storytellers, soldiers' bragging and deliberate spreading of false rumors in order to debilitate and stymie the wills of the enemy. False information about oneself was sent to the enemy in order to demoralize and frighten the opposition. If the enemy was fearful, a fight was easily won. Stories of one's strength, superior abilities, better weapons, perhaps supernatural powers and invincibility were deliberately passed along to the enemy either by word of mouth, through spies or communication technology.
             Another aspect of information warfare, secrets plots and logistics, have been jealously guarded. Weaknesses that one does not the enemy to know, or secret weapons which will surprise and conquer enemies have carefully been kept from general knowledge and from viewing by those who might use them to their advantage.
             In past wars, from prehistoric up to modern times, numbers of troops and weapons have been sought as well as kept from the enemy. War strategies and the organization of one's troops have been plotted and passed on to the leaders on one side, with careful planning to keep the enemy from discovering them. Meanwhile, the logistics and lists of the enemy have been sought, in order to discover where and how the e...