Cyber Operations Technology Development
Abstract
Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER) provides advanced cyber warfare capabilities in direct support of US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), Marine Corps Commanders, and national agencies to enable and accomplish global operations. Activities within the project deliver cyberspace superiority capabilities through the research, development, testing, evaluation, and integration of cyber technologies. The project enables Commanders to disrupt, deny, degrade, or destroy targets. Research and develop software constructed cyber weapons disrupt rising advanced peer and near-peer threats, as well as violent extremist organizations seeking to do harm to the United States. The software constructed cyber weapons are target specific and require high quality, rapid adjustments to achieve desired effects at acceptable levels of risk. The specific details and aspects of these cyber activities are held at a higher classification level. Adversarial Cyber Developmental Test and Evaluation: Provides adversarial penetration testing services to Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) programs of record (PoRs) via Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA). MCTSSA, designated as a Science & Technology Reinvention Lab (STRL) in FY24, serves as the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) Cyber Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) agent in accordance with NDAA 1640, PL-113 -283, DODI 8510. 01, DODI 5000.2, CNSS-1253, NIST-SP-800-53, and the DoD Cyber Security Test and Evaluation Guidebook. MCTSSA also serves as the USMC Cyber Developmental Test (DT) Center of Excellence, conducting mission-based cyber vulnerability assessments in accordance with policy-directed taskings. Assessments include, but are not limited to, (1) zero-day discoveries, (2) target maintenance resources to prove vulnerabilities vs. false positives, (3) informing Operational Commanders and Enterprise Leadership of mission critical Cyber security issues, (3) informing prioritization of cyber security threat investment decisions, (4) informing USMC DCO staff on advanced cyber threats to increase their skill set in detecting advanced cyber attacks and threats, and (5) ensuring Command & Control (C2) enhances the resiliency of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) in a cyber-denied environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0306250M_5_1319_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2025 funding decreases $5.866M is primarily attributed to prior year under execution as a result of the time required to onboard personnel into a TS/SCI environment for onsite work.
- Service Agency Name
- Navy
Entities
Organizations
- United States Navy
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