USCYBERCOM: The Need for a Combatant Command versus a Subunified Command

Abstract

United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is a subunified command under United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). It was scheduled for an October/ November 2009 initial operating capability (currently delayed) and an October 2010 full operational capability. There are some excellent reasons why the Secretary of Defense chose to initiate a subunified warfighting command for the cyberspace domain, but the situation facing the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Federal Government will require USCYBERCOM to develop into a full combatant command (COCOM) in the next 5 years. The decision to create a subunified command for the cyberspace domain was made at the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) level. There are several fundamental requirements for reorganizing DOD elements into a COCOM. But the decision to create a subunified command was based on a number of factors, one of which is the nature of the current threat. The present situation and potential ramifications are sufficiently aggressive and of such a hostile nature that DOD must take immediate action to mitigate and eventually neutralize the ongoing threat. DOD's cyberspace domain and data infrastructure encompass numerous critical

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA536597

Entities

People

  • David M. Hollis

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Networks
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber