Cyber as a Service: Organizing the DoD for the Fifth Domain

Abstract

Cyberspace and cyber capabilities present a new frontier for the US Department of Defense (DoD) and challenge for how the DoD should structure its forces and missions to employ, protect, and control an arguably new fifth or cyber domain. Using current DoD doctrine to create a definition for this new domain, the cyber domain is defined as exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) through technology to create an operational space or cyberspace. Reorganizing cyber as its own service will create unity of effort in a domain the United States must dominate to gain the advantage in an increasingly automated conflict across multiple regions and domains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177250

Entities

People

  • Christina L Decker

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contractors
  • Corporations
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Game Theory
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Submarine Warfare
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space