For and from Cyberspace: Conceptualizing Cyber Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Abstract

Unlike ISR operations in the natural domains, those in cyberspace have yet to be formally defined in joint or service doctrine. Despite wide reference to CYBINT, its relationship to signals intelligence and open-source intelligence, and even calls to establish more granular disciplines such as SkypeINT or VoIPINT, current thinking on the subject remains immature.4 As Lt Gen Larry D. James, deputy chief of staff for ISR, remarked in 2011, We re just starting to think through some of those things from an Air Force perspective. 5 Thus, although the term cyber ISR has gained increasing traction within Air Force ISR circles, it has simultaneously drawn queries from elsewhere within the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Air Staff as to its meaning.6 This article begins by offering a conceptual starting point as a springboard to clarity and future doctrinal refinement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA567618

Entities

People

  • Matthew M. Hurley

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Rights
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Internet
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Reconnaissance
  • Surveillance
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Military History
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber