Information Operations (IO) Program
The Information Operations (IO) Program prepares students--future strategic leaders--to effectively integrate and employ the information component of national power in the development and execution of national military and security strategy.
Specifically, the IO program prepares students to:
- Shape strategy and policy decisions, acquire and employ new information technologies, and shape interagency relationships and partnerships that protect, defend and assure information infrastructures in support of our national military, economic, and political power and security
- Employ strategic plans and operational concepts that apply the tools and doctrinal principles of information operations, shape theater and strategic campaign plans, and employ IO in support and execution of military plans, capabilities and operations
- Develop US efforts to employ Strategic Communications in support of national security operations and objectives within the “global information battlespace” and apply both information technology and the content it carries in the “worldwide war of ideas”
Information Operations Certificate – 8 Courses Required
| Course | Course Title |
| AII or SIO |
Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure ProtectionProtection of Strategic Infrastructure Operations |
| CIP | Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (Required) |
| CST | Critical Information Systems Technologies |
| IOS | National Security in the Information Age |
| IWS | Information, Warfare, and Military Strategy |
| SCL | Strategic Communication for Government Leaders |
| SEC | Cyber Security for Information Leadership |
| JIOPC | Joint Information Operations Planning Course |
Government Information Leadership (GIL) MS Degree
Information Operations (IO) Concentration - 13 Courses Required
| Competency Area | Course | Course Title |
| Foundational (3) | ||
| GLS | Global Strategic Landscape | |
| OCL | Organizational Culture for Strategic Leaders | |
| CAP | Capstone Course | |
| Leadership (2) | ||
| SCL | Strategic Communication for Government Leaders (Required) | |
| DMG | Decision Making for Government Leaders | |
| IPL | Information Technology Program Leadership | |
| LCW | Leading the 21st Century Workforce | |
| LDC | Leadership in the Information Age | |
| MAC | Multi-Agency Information –Enabled Collaboration | |
| SLP | Strategic Leader Program (AMP students only) | |
| Management (2) | ||
| COO | Continuity of Operations (Required) | |
| ESP | Enterprise Strategic Planning | |
| ESS | Enterprise Information Security and Risk Management | |
| GIC | Governance in Cyberspace | |
| ITP | Information Technology Project management | |
| MOP | Measuring Results of Organizational Performance | |
| PRI | Strategies for Process Improvement | |
| TCC | Terrorism and Crime in Cyberspace | |
| Technology (1) | ||
| SEC | Cyber Security for Information Leadership (Required) | |
| Core (5) | ||
| AII or SIO |
Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection Protection of Strategic Infrastructure Operations |
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| CIP | Critical Information Infrastructure Protection | |
| IOS | National Security in the Information Age | |
| IWS | Information, Warfare, and Military Strategy | |
| JIOPC | Joint Information Operations Planning Course |
