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This article seeks to describe the interference of cybernetics as a key intervening factor in the consolidation of information as a power resource in the 21st century. Aware that information is the main substrate for the practice of intelligence, the studies carried out also seek to understand the transformations generated by the inclusion of cyberspace in this practice, highlighting how the particular characteristics of this domain are responsible for generating new demands to States in terms of defense and security. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, this paper is structured into three main discussion topics. The first one will hold a brief discussion about the particular characteristics of this new domain and its political significance to International Relations. The second topic will deal directly with the issues of intelligence and an evaluation of the interference of cyberspace in the intelligence practice will be carried out focusing on the study of the North American - dedicating a third topic to such discussion. In methodological terms it is a descriptive work; therefore, it will be guide by the analysis of international events that approach this subject, as well as by the literature that dedicated to such discussions. This article does not seek to end with such questions, but to present itself as a north to future discussions on this subject. Este artículo pretende describir la interferencia de la cibernética como un factor clave para la consolidación de la información como recurso de poder en el siglo XXI. Conscientes de que la información es el principal soporte para la práctica de la inteligencia, los estudios realizados también buscan comprender las transformaciones generadas por la inclusión del ciberespacio en esta práctica, destacando cómo las características particulares de este ámbito son responsables por generar nuevas demandas a los Estados en términos de defensa y seguridad. Con el fin de lograr los objetivos propuestos, este documento se estructura en tres temas principales de discusión. La primera tendrá una breve discusión sobre las características particulares de este nuevo dominio y su significado político para las Relaciones Internacionales. El segundo tema abordará directamente las cuestiones de inteligencia. Una evaluación de la interferencia del ciberespacio en la práctica de inteligencia se llevará a cabo centrándose en el estudio de los norteamericanos - dedicando un tercer tema a dicha discusión. En términos metodológicos es un trabajo descriptivo; por lo tanto, será guiado por el análisis de los eventos internacionales que abordan este tema, así como por la literatura dedicada a tales discusiones. Este artículo no pretende terminar con tales preguntas, sino presentarse como un norte a discusiones futuras sobre este tema.ABSTRACTThis article seeks to describe the interference of cybernetics as a key intervening factor in the consolidation of information as a power resource in the 21st century. Aware that information is the main substrate for the practice of intelligence, the studies carried out also seek to understand the transformations generated by the inclusion of cyberspace in this practice, highlighting how the particular characteristics of this domain are responsible for generating new demands to States in terms of defense and security. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, this paper is structured into three main discussion topics. The first one will hold a brief discussion about the particular characteristics of this new domain and its political significance to International Relations. The second topic will deal directly with the issues of intelligence and an evaluation of the interference of cyberspace in the intelligence practice will be carried out focusing on the study of the North American - dedicating a third topic to such discussion. In methodological terms it is a descriptive work; therefore, it will be guide by the analysis of international events that approach this subject, as well as by the literature that dedicated to such discussions. This article does not seek to end with such questions, but to present itself as a north to future discussions on this subject.