INFOCON – Information Operations Condition

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This article references parts of the story in my fiction books, The Meadow Protocol and book 2, The Brush, part of The Continuity Chronicles series. Available in my store for signed paperback and hard copies for from Amazon to include Kindle and Audible. The Legacy Cyber Alert System—and What It Still Teaches Civilians INFOCON (Information Operations Condition) was the U.S. Department of Defense’s first formal cyber alert system, created to protect military and government information systems from hacking, malware, and digital disruption. Operational from 1999 through the mid-2010s, INFOCON has since been replaced by CYBERCON, but its structure and history remain highly relevant—especially for civilian preparedness in a digitally fragile world. INFOCON introduced the idea that cyber threats deserve readiness levels, much like military or nuclear alerts. While no longer the primary system, INFOCON laid the groundwork for modern cyber defense doctrine still in use today. Why INFOCON Was Created INFOCON emerged in the late 1990s after a series of wake-up calls: The Solar Sunrise intrusions (1998) into DoD systems Growing dependence on networked infrastructure Recognition that cyber attacks could precede or replace kinetic attacks Introduced in 1999 by the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations (now part of...