The Cyberspace Domain: Path to a New Service?

Abstract

Cyberspace is a contested domain. Characteristics of the domain inspire a variety of actors to conduct operations in and through cyberspace. US and foreign government policy officials are focused on creating strategies and norms to reduce current risks through cyberspace to national interests. The Department of Defense has designated cyberspace a war fighting domain as a mechanism to facilitate organizing cyber forces like land, air, and sea forces. There are services with lead responsibility for the land, air, and sea domains. Does this fact suggest a separate service responsible for cyberspace will evolve? This monograph examines US cyber forces organizational constructs and explores organizational change mechanisms, environmental conditions, and actor motivations that might lead to establishment of a separate Cyber Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 23, 2013
Accession Number
ADA603422

Entities

People

  • Eric J. Denny

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Employment
  • Military Applications
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace