Unconventional Thinking: How the Cyberwarfare Domain Needs an Unconventional Force

Abstract

President Trump recently directed that CYBERCOM be elevated to the status of unified combatant command, no longer subordinate to U.S. Strategic Command. To date, operations in the cyber domain have been approached conventionally by the Department of Defense. Conventional and unconventional techniques must be used in the newest domain. The approach to building an unconventional force should exemplify techniques developed in other domains such as land, air, and sea and incorporate certain aspects of military source operations. The unconventional force could use techniques prescribed by Saul Alinsky in "Rules for Radicals" to develop communities to protect U.S. systems and carry out attacks on enemy state and non-state actors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2018
Accession Number
AD1176874

Entities

People

  • Charles F. Iii Bell

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Deep Web
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Human Intelligence
  • Internet
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Online Communities
  • Security
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace