The Information Warfare Division (IWD) is a division of the
Department of Defence Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to:
Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
* Department of Defence (Ireland)
* Department of National Defense (Philipp ...
tasked with defending Australia's national interests in the
information
Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random ...
environment.
Units
The Information Warfare Division contains the following branches:
* Joint Integrated Capabilities Branch (JIC)
* Joint Space Services (JSS)
* Joint Command, Control, Communications and Computers (JC4)
* Joint Information Warfare (JIW).
See also
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List of cyber warfare forces
Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained to operate in a cyberwarfare environment. In several cases this units acts also as the national computer emergency response team for civilian cybersecurity threa ...
References
Department of Defence (Australia)
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