Operational Art in Cyber Defense

Abstract

Upon the establishment of a JTF, a Commander assumes significant risk in the cyber domain. Limited understanding of the characteristics within the cyber domain and lack of clearly defined command and control relationships places the Joint Task Force at excessive risk. Additionally, the Department of Defense relies on the civilian Internet for many supporting functions. Connections to the Internet provide adversaries a direct avenue of approach to target and disrupt Joint Operations. A Commander must benefit from proper command and control structures and improved understanding of the cyber defense situation during Phase 0 to lay the proper foundation prior to conducting an operation. The Department of Defense remains vulnerable unless it can change how the military services are organized, trained and equipped to provide a JTF Commander the means to defend the his networks better.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601556

Entities

People

  • Oscar Alanis

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control