CyberVision and Cyber Force Development
Abstract
Widely reported compromises to the Department of Defense global information grid (GIG) punctuate a recent study by the Defense Science Board that the primary focus of a cyber force must remain the assurance of mission-essential functions (MEF) of the commander. Additionally, the distinction between intelligence (Title 50) and offense (Title 10) authorities notwithstanding, the proliferation of digital technology and the overlap between networks and computers blurred the traditional boundaries between offensive and defensive activities. Organizationally, the activation on 1 October 2009 of the US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) brought together computer network attack (CNA) and computer network defense (CND) activities of the Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare (JFCC-NW) and the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO) under the USCYBERCOM. It is in this environment that the USAF vision of global vigilance, global reach, and global power across the full spectrum of conflict from peacetime to major combat operations drives the science and technology (S&T) requirements for cyber operations, as well as the educational requirements for cyber force development. Essential to USAF cyber forces is an organizing construct with a primary responsibility for assuring the USAF mission-essential functions in a contested cyber environment and a deployed responsibility to the joint force commander (JFC) through an expeditionary framework. However, properly educating that force of cyber warriors is a prerequisite.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA514860
Entities
People
- Kamal Jabbour
Organizations
- Air University