Defensive measures to counter enemy’s psychological operations in cyberspace

Psychological operations play a complex role with the emergence of new and widespread media and growth of public opinion in government decision making and behavior. A cyberspace is a new space that, in the sense of the term, refers to a set of internal connections of humans through computers and telecommunications regardless of physical geography. Governments’ use of psychosocial operations to deal with Offensive actions and the soft war has a long record in history. Therefore, it is very important to take measures to eliminate or neutralize and reduce the effects of offensive and soft actions of the enemy in this domain. Although these threats cannot be eradicated, there are ways to reduce its harmful effects. The researchers in this study seek to answer: what are the effective defensive measures to reduce the role of cyberspace in psychological operations? Our goal in this research is to “identify defensive measures to deal with enemy’s psychological operations in cyberspace.” The study is conducted in descriptive-analytical and library collection method. Analysis-based data suggest that cyber-defense activities in psychological operations include: getting familiar with cyber-space damages and threats, deep attention to cyberspace infrastructure, localization of equipment, and training of enemy techniques in the field of Psychological operations to the people and ... can be noted.