Industry Information DoD Cyberspace Change Strategies to Anticipate Uncertain and Unpredictable Future Change
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DOD), private sector industry, and academia nearly universally agree that change in cyberspace is constant. This cyberspace change may be anticipated, but important dynamics are unpredictable or uncertain. To manage, mitigate, or anticipate change, an organization must strategize to be responsive to changes it cannot precisely predict. The DOD does not have the breadth and depth of expertise needed to prepare for these changes and tends to be slow to address unpredictability and uncertainty in cyberspace change in its strategy. This thesis investigates whether the private sector has strategy lessons that can be adapted or adopted by the DOD to build better and more robust multi-stakeholder strategies to address unpredictable and uncertain cyberspace change. Publicly available industry strategies were analyzed from a range of large and small organizations. Comparison of DOD/government and industry strategies demonstrated a higher degree of specificity and inclusion of significant strategic elements within industry strategy, which can be used to inform DOD strategy. Recommendations include developing a new strategy of cyberspace systems integration and utilizing observed measures of success, milestones and timelines, and specificity in industry practices that can decrease ambiguity identified in DOD cyberspace strategy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1114678
Entities
People
- Michael J. Millar
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School