Byting Back—Regaining Information Superiority Against 21st-Century Insurgents

Cover
 Preface
 Contents
 Figures
 Tables
 Summary
 Acknowledgments
 Abbreviations
 Chapter One --
Introduction
 Why Information Superiority Matters in Counterinsurgency
 Getting to Information Superiority in Counterinsurgency
 Overview
 Chapter Two --
The Influence of User Requirements
 When the Population Is the Terrain
 Security Operations
 Situational Awareness
 Winning Allegiance
 Military Operations During Counterinsurgency
 Chapter Three --
The Registry-Census
 Categorizing the Information
 Personal and Social Information
 Systematic Incidents and Reportage Data. Buildings Data: The National CAD ModelGetting the Information
 Information Reliability and Timeliness
 Toward a National Identification System?
 Registration
 Acquiring Identities at Checkpoints
 Acquiring Identities Without Checkpoints
 Conclusions
 Chapter Four --
A Well-Wired Country
 Systems Concept
 Encourage Cell Phone Use
 Shape the Cell Phone Environment
 Associate Cell Phones with Registered Users
 Geolocate Cell Phones Periodically and as Needed
 Using the System\'s Capabilities
 Government Services
 Eyes on the Street
 Actionable Intelligence
 Other Uses. The Cell Phone Network as the Primary Counterinsurgency Communications SystemIssues
 Secret Surveillance?
 Insurgent Responses
 Lost or Stolen SIMs
 Spoofing GPS Signals
 Commercial Considerations
 Follow-On Phases
 Avoiding a Permanent Police State
 A Note of Caution
 Conclusions and Implementation
 Chapter Five --
Embedded Video
 Basic Concept and Technical Issues
 Evasion Techniques
 Uses
 Guidelines
 Video Made Public
 Conclusions
 Chapter Six --
A National Wiki
 Our Town
 An Oral Wiki
 Attribution
 Language Translation
 Accuracy and Deception. A National Wiki as a Feedback Mechanism for Government ServicesConclusions
 Chapter Seven --
The Principles of ICON
 Principle 1: Emphasize User Primacy, Inclusiveness, and Integration
 Principle 2: Build ICON to Go Native
 Principle 3: Audit, Audit, Audit
 Abnormal Usage
 Taggants
 Honeypots
 Surveillance
 Principle 4: Tune ICON to the Level of Insurgency
 Principle 5: Post Before Process
 Principle 6: Establish a Standard Deck and Populate Itfrom the National Wiki
 Principle 7: Rank Information by Reliability and Relevance
 Results and a Caveat. Chapter Eight --
Implications and ImplementationSummary
 Census and National ID Cards
 Cell Phones
 Embedded Video
 National Wiki
 ICON
 Governance, Accountability, and Public Expression
 Adapting Information Capabilities to the Scope and Locus of the Insurgency
 Implementation
 Research and Development Needs
 Conclusion
 Appendix
 Bibliography.