In NATO military usage: a staff function that analyses, plans, assesses and integrates information activities.
Description after the doctrine AJP-3.10.1 (Edition B, 2014, withdrawn); the current version of the doctrine may differ.1
In a 2020 proposal, Poland's National Security Bureau (BBN) equates them with information warfare: acting on information and information systems in order to shape and take over the adversary's decision-making processes. It lists offensive activities (among them psychological operations, deception, electronic warfare and cyberattacks) and defensive ones (among them protection of information, counter-propaganda and counterintelligence).2
Sources
- NATO, AJP-3.10.1 Allied Joint Doctrine for Psychological Operations, Edition B, Version 1 (September 2014; edition marked as withdrawn)
- National Security Bureau, (Mini)dictionary of the BBN. Proposals for new terms in the field of security, 15.05.2020 (working proposals, copy at koziej.pl) (in Polish)
Checked: 3 November 2026