Space and Cyber: Shared Challenges, Shared Opportunities
Abstract
I very much appreciate the opportunity to discuss the many challenges facing us in space and cyberspace and the strategies the DoD has developed and published over the course of the last year. These strategies set out a good framework to address the many space and cyber challenges. Although there are many physical and technical differences between the space and cyber domains, there are many similarities in the challenges confronting each domain, which have allowed some shared and similar approaches to addressing the problems. Space and cyberspace are global capabilities and global enablers that together enable the United States, our partners, and allies to maintain a strategic advantage over potential adversaries and enhance our national security. These capabilities allow us to stay on the leading edge. They also enable economic growth, better standards of living, and rapid communications that foster the financial and social links indispensable in our everyday lives. These links also allow us to maintain close real-time relations with our partners. Our cyber and space capabilities are connected in very real ways, both for our war fighters and for our society as a whole. Cyber and space capabilities are connected operationally.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 15, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA635174
Entities
People
- Madelyn R. Creedon
Organizations
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs