Digital Information Warfare: an Approach of Protection and Response in Thailand Contexts

Abstract

The objectives of this thesis are to 1) study the behaviour of digital information technology and perceptions of security officials on digital information warfare, 2) study the attitudes of security officials to the digital information warfare, readiness for the information warfare in the current state, and guidelines on responding preparation for coping 3) propose guidelines on preventing information warfare, and countermeasures, and 4) develop influential models (equations) of information warfare attitudes and preparation toward the prevention and countermeasures. The study is a quantitative research. The leading theory of the research design is the Warden's Five Ring System. Data Collection Tools from the research population consisted of 867 military officers, 1,267 police officers and 878 district bailiffs, totaling 3,012 people. The sample group used in the research was 341 security officers. All respondents completed and returned the questionnaires (100%). The statistics used in the data analysis are 1) descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and 2) multiple linear regression analysis. The hypothesis testing resulted in the highly influential factors to preventing information warfare: the importance of developing information technology infrastructure (R2=0.754) and analysis of the information threat situation of security personnel (R2=0.863). The high influencing factors to the appropriate interaction approach are disinformation about the primary institution (R2=0.726) and establishing a central agency for information security (R2=0.790). The hypothesis test also generated 12 equations (models) of information warfare attitudes and preparation influence toward the prevention and countermeasures.