Cyber Warfare and the new Cyber Command
DOD Cyber Defense The GAO has published a report that examined the extent to which DOD and U.S. Cyber Command have identified for the military services the (1) roles and responsibilities, (2) command and control relationships, and (3) mission requirements and capabilities to enable them to organize, train, and equip for cyberspace operations. If you […]
DOD Cyber Defense
The GAO has published a report that examined the extent to which DOD and U.S.
Cyber Command have identified for the military services the (1) roles and
responsibilities, (2) command and control relationships, and (3) mission
requirements and capabilities to enable them to organize, train, and
equip for cyberspace operations.
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Cyber threats constitute an emerging mission area for DOD, and DOD’s
role in broader U.S. government cyberspace efforts is still evolving. To
assist in its efforts to counter cyberspace threats, DOD directed the
establishment of U.S. Cyber Command in 2009 as a subunified command
under U.S. Strategic Command. Further, each of the military services was
required to identify appropriate component support for U.S. Cyber
Command, and to have that support in place and functioning before U.S.
Cyber Command reached full operating capability, which occurred in
October 2010.
In an October 1, 2010 memorandum, the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command defined full
operational capability for his command as the completion of the following critical tasks:
establishing a single, integrated Joint Operations Center; supporting cyber planning for
combatant commanders; acquiring sufficient resources (personnel, information
technology, and logistics); transitioning the Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations to
Fort Meade, Maryland; and developing service component roles and responsibilities and
integrating forces. The Deputy Secretary of Defense confirmed this and declared that U.S.
Cyber Command had reached full operational capability in a memorandum dated
October 31, 2010.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11421.pdf