Course Description:
This course examines the essential paradigms and concepts of Information Operations (IO), Information Assurance (IA), and Strategic Communication (SC).  It explores the technological revolution and the information component of national power, and examines that component in the National Security Strategy in light of the nature of the interconnected age; existing national policy; organizational transformation; and equities involved in IO, IA, and SC and information as a strategic environment.  The course concludes by exploring the new paradigm of national security in the Information Age and the need for an information strategy to support the National Security Strategy.

Recommended Attendance:
This course is appropriate for strategic leaders, military planners, and personnel desiring to explore and analyze strategic issues involving information and national security. 

Prerequisites
Secret clearance is required.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to analyze how the information component of power is used in national security strategies and operations; analyze the role played by IO/IA/SC in national security strategies and operations; synthesize new approaches for the employment of the information component of power in national security strategies and operations; and apply IO/IA/SC in the development and execution of national security strategies and operations.