Joint Publication 1-02 DoD Dictionary of Military ... - AcqNotes.com

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
information-based processes — Processes that collect, analyze, and disseminate
information using any medium or form. These processes may be stand-alone processes
or sub-processes that, taken together, comprise a larger system or systems of processes.
See also information system. (JP 3-13)
information environment — The aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that
collect, process, disseminate, or act on information. See also information system. (JP 3-13)
information management — The function of managing an organization’s information
resources for the handling of data and information acquired by one or many different
systems, individuals, and organizations in a way that optimizes access by all who have
a share in that data or a right to that information. Also called IM. (JP 3-0)
information operations — The integrated employment, during military operations, of
information-related capabilities in concert with other lines of operation to influence,
disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision-making of adversaries and potential adversaries
while protecting our own. Also called IO. See also computer network operations;
electronic warfare; military deception; operations security; military information
support operations. (SecDef Memo 12401-10)
information report — Report used to forward raw information collected to fulfill
intelligence requirements.
information requirements — In intelligence usage, those items of information regarding
the adversary and other relevant aspects of the operational environment that need to be
collected and processed in order to meet the intelligence requirements of a commander.
See also priority intelligence requirement. (JP 2-0)
information resources — Information and related resources, such as personnel, equipment,
and information technology. See also information. (JP 3-35)
information security — The protection of information and information systems against
unauthorized access or modification of information, whether in storage, processing, or
transit, and against denial of service to authorized users. Also called INFOSEC. See
also information system. (JP 3-13)
information superiority — The operational advantage derived from the ability to collect,
process, and disseminate an uninterrupted flow of information while exploiting or denying
an adversary’s ability to do the same. See also information operations. (JP 3-13)
information system — The entire infrastructure, organization, personnel, and components
for the collection, processing, storage, transmission, display, dissemination, and
disposition of information. See also information; information operations. (JP 3-13)
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