'''Computer Network Operations''' ('''CNO''') is a U.S. military doctrinal term which comprises [[computer network attack]], [[computer network defense]], and related [[computer network exploitation]] enabling operations.
* ''Computer Network Attack'' ('''CNA'''): Actions taken through the use of computer networks to disrupt, deny, degrade, or destroy information resident in computers and computer networks, or the computers and networks themselves.
* ''Computer Network Defense'' ('''CND'''): Actions taken through the use of computer networks to protect, monitor, analyze, detect and respond to unauthorized activity within Department of Defense information systems and computer networks.
* ''Computer Network Exploitation'' ('''CNE'''): Enabling operations and intelligence collection capabilities conducted through the use of computer networks to gather data from target or adversary automated information systems or networks.
==Byzantine Foothold==
'''BF''' is a classified [[United States Department of Defense]] emergency program within the larger Cyber Initiative framework, specifically aimed at curbing and preventing foreign intrusions into the computer networks of US federal agencies. The twenty largest American military-industrial contractors have also been invited to participate in the program, after a highly potent hacker attack was detected at [[Booz Allen]] Corp.<ref name='Busweek'>{{cite news | first=Brian | last=Grow | coauthors= Keith Epstein, Chi-Chu Tschang | title=The New E-spionage Threat | date=2008-04-10 | publisher= | url =http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_16/b4080032218430.htm | work =BusinessWeek | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-15 | language = }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_13.pdf United States Joint Information Operations Doctrine]
