ABSTRACT
As the art of war changes, so does its science. The 21st century’s revolution in military affairs saw countries like the United States rise to have limited near-peer competitors in conventional military power. To challenge the king of the hill, many adversaries responded by progressively turning to irregular and asymmetric methods to engage in competition and conflict. The 1990s internet explosion eventually caused an eruption of connectivity previously unseen, birthing the cyber arena of competition and conflict. Cyber is a domain that offers many power seekers and competitors an opportunity to counter conventional military advantages, including technological overmatch, especially when it comes to the realm of information warfare. In turn, the cyber domain has become a key means to conduct information warfare, often through the distribution of propaganda and extremist ideologies. As such, radical ideology and their associated acts of both domestic and foreign terrorism are a serious threat to the global community.
