Legal aspects of information operations in Poland

Abstract

Information is, was and will be one of most valuable resources of any organization and nation. It is not a surprise, that information is a subject of systematic protection and on the other hand, information is the target of various attacks. Thanks to the modern information and communication technologies and ubiquitous tools of global communications, it is very easy, by manipulating information, to influence not only individuals, but whole social groups and nations. Those organized attacks take form of information operations, that are part of information warfare in noosphere. Furthermore, they can be treated as a fixed component of a hybrid wars. This article presents considerations about legal aspects of information operations in Poland. The purpose of this article is to outline the essence of information operations, their relation to the hybrid warfare and most of all indicate the legal aspects of information operations in Poland.

Keywords

• information operations
• security
• law
• hybrid war