Special Warfare in and Through Cyberspace: Shaping the Operational Environment in the Human Domain

Abstract

United States Special Operations Commands contribution to unified land operations is through United States Army Special Operations Commands critical capabilities of special warfare and surgical strike. Special warfare is unique in its reliance on indigenous war fighting capacity to stabilize or destabilize operational environments. Special warfare, as a critical capability, and the conceptual application of special warfare in and through cyberspace must address special warfare's contribution to operational art in the human domain. This study uses a qualitative content analysis to explore the linkages between special warfare operations and cyberspace operations to support joint force commanders and U.S. embassy country teams in shaping the human domain. Further, cyber-enabled special warfare is explored through a typology of human action as a framework of analysis to develop methods of integrating cyberspace operations and special warfare.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 2017
Accession Number
AD1180948

Entities

People

  • Chad A. Barnes

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber