fbpx
Wikipedia

United States Cyber Command

United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integrates and bolsters DoD's cyber expertise which focus on securing cyberspace.[5]

United States Cyber Command
Founded21 May 2010 (2010-05-21)
(13 years, 8 months ago)
CountryUnited States
TypeUnified combatant command and cyber force
RoleCyberwarfare
Part ofU.S. Department of Defense
Garrison/HQFort George G. Meade, Maryland, U.S.
Nickname(s)"USCYBERCOM", "CYBERCOM"
Websitewww.cybercom.mil
Commanders
CommanderGen Timothy D. Haugh, USAF[1]
Deputy CommanderLTG William J. Hartman, USA[2]
Executive DirectorHolly Baroody[3]
Senior Enlisted LeaderCSM Sheryl D. Lyon, USA[4]

USCYBERCOM was established as a Sub-Unified command under U.S. Strategic Command at the direction of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on June 23, 2009[6] at the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. It cooperates with NSA networks and has been concurrently headed by the director of the National Security Agency since its inception.[7] While originally created with a defensive mission in mind, it has increasingly been viewed as an offensive force.[7] On 18 August 2017, it was announced that USCYBERCOM would be elevated to the status of a full and independent unified combatant command.[8] On 23 May 2023, it was announced that President Biden nominated Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to the Senate to be the next USCYBERCOM Commander.[9]

Mission statement edit

According to the US Department of Defense (DoD):

USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries.[10][11]

The text "9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a", located in the command's emblem, is the MD5 hash of their mission statement.[11]

The command is charged with pulling together existing cyberspace resources, creating synergies and synchronizing war-fighting effects to defend the information security environment. USCYBERCOM is tasked with centralizing command of cyberspace operations, strengthening DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integrating and bolstering DoD's cyber expertise.[12][13]

Organizational structure edit

Cyber teams edit

Since 2015, the U.S. Cyber Command added 133 new cyber teams.[14] The breakdown was:

  • Thirteen National Mission Teams to defend against broad cyberattacks
  • Sixty-eight Cyber Protection Teams to defend priority DoD networks and systems against priority threats
  • Twenty-seven Combat Mission Teams to provide integrated cyberspace attacks in support of operational plans and contingency operations
  • Twenty-five Cyber Support Teams to provide analytic and planning support to the national mission and combat mission teams.

Component Commands edit

Emblem Command Acronym Commander Established Headquarters Subordinate Commands
   
United States Army Cyber Command
Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber[15]
ARCYBER / JFHQ–C Lt General Maria B. Barrett 1 October 2010 Fort Eisenhower, Georgia

*These Subordinates fall under United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, however Operational Control (OPCON) is given to ARCYBER for cyber-related effects.

 
Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command
Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber[16]
MARFORCYBER / JFHQ-C Major General Ryan P. Heritage 21 January 2010 Fort Meade, Maryland
  • Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group
  • Marine Corps Cyber Warfare Group
      FLTCYBER / 10F / JFHQ–C Vice Admiral Craig A. Clapperton 29 January 2010 Fort Meade, Maryland
  •   Naval Network Warfare Command (CTF 1010)
  •   Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (CTF 1020)
  •   Navy Information Operations Command-Texas (CTF 1040)
  •   Navy Information Operations Command-Georgia (CTF 1050)
  •   Cryptologic Warfare Group Six (CTF 1060)
  •   Navy Information Operations Command-Hawaii (CTF 1070)
  •   Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group (CTF 1090)
  •   Navy Information Operations Command-Colorado (CTG 101)
  •   Navy Information Operations Command-Whidbey Island (CTG 102)
  •   Navy Information Operations Command-Pensacola (CTG 103)
     
Sixteenth Air Force / Air Forces Cyber
Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber[18]
16 AF (AFCYBER) / JFHQ–C Lt General Kevin B. Kennedy Jr. 11 October 2019 JBSA-Lackland, Texas

Cyber National Mission Force edit

The Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) was activated on January 27, 2014, as an element of Cyber Command.[19][20] At inception the CNMF consisted of 21 teams, broken down into 13 National Mission Teams (NMT) and 8 National Support Teams (NST).[20] Today, the CNMF has expanded to 39 joint cyber teams consisting of over 2,000 service members and civilian members across the U.S. Armed Forces[20] On October 25, 2022, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized that the Cyber National Mission Force become a subordinate unified command underneath the United States Cyber Command.[21] Following this, on December 19, 2022, General Paul Nakasone presided over a ceremony to establish the CNMF with the new "sub-unified" command status.[21]

Major General William J. Hartman, United States Army has served as CNMF commander since August 2019.

The CNMF is one of three Cyber Command forces that would react to a cyber attack on the United States. The other two forces are the Cyber Combat Mission Force assigned to the operational control of individual U.S. combatant commanders, and the Cyber Protection Force that helps operate and defend the DODIN.[22]

CNMF is composed of cyber mission force teams across services that support the CNMF mission through their specific respective assignments:[23][24]

  • National Mission Teams (NMT) defend the nation by identifying adversary activity, blocking attacked and maneuvering to defeat them.
  • Combat Mission Teams (CMT) conduct military cyberspace operations in support of combatant commander priorities and missions.
  • Cyber Protection Teams (CPT) defend DoD's information network, protect priority missions and prepare cyber forces for combat.
  • National Support Teams (NST) provide analytic and planning support to national mission and combat mission teams.

The Cyber National Mission Force operates in both defensive and offensive cyber operations to carry out its missions of: U.S. election defense, counter-ransomware operations, global hunt operations, combating foreign malicious cyber actors, and providing support to national security operations.[25]

Global hunt operations began in 2018 as part of the "persistent engagement" strategy with the goal of looking for malicious cyber activity and vulnerabilities on significant networks.[26] Since its inception, the hunt operations have been requested and conducted in 18 countries and over 50 foreign networks.[26]

Standing joint task force edit

Emblem Command Acronym Commander Established Headquarters
  Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network JFHQ-DoDIN Lt General Robert J. Skinner, USAF 2015 Fort Meade, Maryland
Joint Task Force Ares JTF-Ares 2016

Background edit

An intention by the U.S. Air Force to create a 'cyber command' was announced in October 2006.[27] An Air Force Cyber Command was created in a provisional status in November 2006. However, in October 2008, it was announced the command would not be brought into permanent activation.

On 23 June 2009, the Secretary of Defense directed the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) to establish USCYBERCOM. In May 2010, General Keith Alexander outlined his views in a report for the United States House Committee on Armed Services subcommittee:[28][29][30][31][32]

My own view is that the only way to counteract both criminal and espionage activity online is to be proactive. If the U.S. is taking a formal approach to this, then that has to be a good thing. The Chinese are viewed as the source of a great many attacks on western infrastructure and just recently, the U.S. electrical grid. If that is determined to be an organized attack, I would want to go and take down the source of those attacks. The only problem is that the Internet, by its very nature, has no borders and if the U.S. takes on the mantle of the world's police; that might not go down so well.

Initial operational capability was attained on 21 May 2010. General Alexander was promoted to four-star rank, becoming one of United States's 38 four-star officers, and took charge of U.S. Cyber Command in a ceremony at Fort Meade that was attended by Commander of U.S. Central Command GEN David Petraeus, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.[33][34][35][36] USCYBERCOM reached full operational capability on 31 October 2010.[37]

The command assumed responsibility for several existing organizations. The Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO) and the Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare (JFCC-NW) were absorbed by the command. The Defense Information Systems Agency, where JTF-GNO operated, provides technical assistance for network and information assurance to USCYBERCOM, and is moving its headquarters to Fort Meade.[38]

President Obama signed into law, on 23 December 2016, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2017, which elevated USCYBERCOM to a unified combatant command. The FY 2017 NDAA also specified that the dual-hatted arrangement of the commander of USCYBERCOM will not be terminated until the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff jointly certify that ending this arrangement will not pose risks to the military effectiveness of CYBERCOM that are unacceptable to the national security interests of the United States.[39]

Concerns edit

There are concerns that the Pentagon and NSA will overshadow any civilian cyber defense efforts.[40] There are also concerns on whether the command will assist in civilian cyber defense efforts.[41] According to Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn, the command "will lead day-to-day defense and protection of all DoD networks. It will be responsible for DoD's networks – the dot-mil world. Responsibility for federal civilian networks – dot-gov – stays with the Department of Homeland Security, and that's exactly how it should be."[42] Alexander notes, however, that if faced with cyber hostilities an executive order could expand Cyber Command's spectrum of operations to include, for instance, assisting the Department of Homeland Security in defense of their networks.[43]

Some military leaders claim that the existing cultures of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are fundamentally incompatible with that of cyber warfare.[44] Major Robert Costa (USAF) even suggested a sixth branch of the military, an Information (Cyber) Service with Title 10 responsibilities analogous to its sister services in 2002 noting:

While no one [IOP, Instrument of National Power] operates in a vacuum... Information increasingly underpins the other three [Diplomatic, Economic and Military], yet has proven to be the most vulnerable, even as US society becomes more dependent on it in peace, conflict, and war. To attack these centers of gravity, an adversary will use the weakest decisive point, ... the Information IOP. In addition, the other IOPs benefit from Unity of Effort--Constitutional balances of power ensure the Diplomatic and Military IOPs exercised by the President in concert with Congress are focused, while the Economic IOP achieves Unity of Action through international market controls and an international body of law. [In 2002], [t]he Information IOP however, [was] rudderless, lacking both Unity of Action and Unity of Command.[45]

Others have also discussed the creation of a cyber-warfare branch.[46][47] Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Conti[48] and Colonel John "Buck" Surdu (chief of staff of the United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command) stated that the three major services are properly positioned to fight kinetic wars, and they value skills such as marksmanship, physical strength, the ability to leap out of airplanes and lead combat units under enemy fire.[47]

Conti and Surdu reasoned, "Adding an efficient and effective cyber branch alongside the Army, Navy and Air Force would provide our nation with the capability to defend our technological infrastructure and conduct offensive operations. Perhaps more important, the existence of this capability would serve as a strong deterrent for our nation's enemies."[49]

In response to concerns about the military's right to respond to cyber attacks, General Alexander stated "The U.S. must fire back against cyber attacks swiftly and strongly and should act to counter or disable a threat even when the identity of the attacker is unknown" prior to his confirmation hearings before the United States Congress. This came in response to incidents such as a 2008 operation to take down a government-run extremist honeypot in Saudi Arabia. "Elite U.S. military computer specialists, over the objections of the CIA, mounted a cyberattack that dismantled the online forum".[50]

"The new U.S. Cyber Command needs to strike a balance between protecting military assets and personal privacy." stated Alexander, in a Defense Department release. If confirmed, Alexander said, his main focus will be on building capacity and capability to secure the networks and educating the public on the command's intent.

"This command is not about an effort to militarize cyber space," he said. "Rather, it's about safeguarding our military assets."[51]

In July 2011, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn announced in a conference that "We have, within Cyber Command, a full spectrum of capabilities, but the thrust of the strategy is defensive." "The strategy rests on five pillars, he said: treat cyber as a domain; employ more active defenses; support the Department of Homeland Security in protecting critical infrastructure networks; practice collective defense with allies and international partners; and reduce the advantages attackers have on the Internet."[52]

In 2013, USCYBERCOM held a classified exercise in which reserve officers (with extensive experience in their civilian cyber-security work) easily defeated active duty cyber warriors.[53] In 2015 Eric Rosenbach, the principal cyber adviser to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, said DoD was looking at alternatives to staffing with just active-duty military.[54] Beginning that year, USCYBERCOM added 133 teams (staffing out at 6,000 people), with the intent that at least 15% of the personnel would be reserve cyber operations airmen.[55] These new teams had achieved "initial operating capability" (IOC) as of 21 October 2016. Officials noted that IOC is not the same as combat readiness, but is the first step in that direction.[56]

President Barack Obama's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity was formed to develop a plan for protecting cyberspace. The commission released a report in December 2016. The report made 16 major recommendations regarding the intertwining roles of the military, government administration and the private sector in providing cyber security.[57]

President Trump indicated that he wanted a full review of Cyber Command during his bid for presidency.[58] During his presidency, the Trump administration made Cyber Command a unified combatant command, and took other measures attempting to deter cyber attacks. However, the FBI reported that they logged a record number of complaints and economic losses in 2019, as cybercrime continued to grow.[59]

International effects and reactions edit

The creation of U.S. Cyber Command appears to have motivated other countries in this arena. In December 2009, South Korea announced the creation of a cyber warfare command. Reportedly, this was in response to North Korea's creation of a cyber warfare unit.[60] In addition, the British GCHQ has begun preparing a cyber force.[61] Furthermore, a shift in military interest in cyber warfare has motivated the creation of the first U.S. Cyber Warfare Intelligence Center.[62] In 2010, China introduced a department dedicated to defensive cyber war and information security in response to the creation of USCYBERCOM.[63]

Operations edit

In June 2019, Russia has conceded that it is "possible" its electrical grid was under cyberattack by the United States.[64] The New York Times reported that hackers from the U.S. Cyber Command planted malware potentially capable of disrupting the Russian electrical grid.[65]

Cyber command is using its 2021 exercise Cyber Flag 21–2 to improve its teams' tactics.[66][67]

List of commanders edit

The commander of U.S. Cyber Command is a statutory office (10 U.S.C. § 167b), and is held by a four-star general, or if the commander is a Navy officer, a four-star admiral.

No. Commander Term Service branch
Portrait Name Took office Left office Term length
1
 
Alexander, Keith B.General
Keith B. Alexander
(born 1951)
21 May 201028 March 20143 years, 311 days 
U.S. Army
-
 
Davis, Jon M.Lieutenant General
Jon M. Davis
Acting
29 March 20142 April 20144 days 
U.S. Marine Corps
2
 
Rogers, Michael S.Admiral
Michael S. Rogers
(born 1959)
3 April 20144 May 20184 years, 31 days 
U.S. Navy
3
 
Nakasone Paul M.General
Paul M. Nakasone
(born 1963)
4 May 20182 February 20245 years, 270 days 
U.S. Army
4
 
Haugh, Timothy D.General
Timothy D. Haugh
(born 1969)
2 February 2024Incumbent4 days 
U.S. Air Force

See also edit

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, USAF". U.S. Cyber Command. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, USA". U.S. Cyber Command. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Holly Baroody". U.S. Cyber Command. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Command Sergeant Major Sheryl D. Lyon". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  5. ^ "What is U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)? - Definition from Techopedia". Techopedia.com. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ^ https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB424/docs/Cyber-029.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ a b Nakashima, Ellen (13 September 2016). "Obama to be urged to split cyberwar command from NSA". The Washington Post. from the original on 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ Office of the Press Secretary. "Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Elevation of Cyber Command". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
  9. ^ Dept of the USAF (23 May 2023). "Biden nominates Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to lead NSA, Cyber Command". politico.com – via Politico.
  10. ^ . U.S. Department of Defense. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  11. ^ a b Jelinek, Pauline (8 July 2010). . Marine Corps Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  12. ^ U.S. Department of Defense, Cyber Command Fact Sheet, 21 May 2010
  13. ^ Mazzetti, Mark; Sanger, David E. (12 March 2013). "Security Chief Says Computer Attacks Will Be Met". The New York Times.
  14. ^ "The Department of Defense Cyber Strategy". United States Department of Defense. October 2016. from the original on 4 November 2016.
  15. ^ "ARCYBER Organization".
  16. ^ "MARFORCYBER Units".
  17. ^ "US Navy Fleet Cyber Command".
  18. ^ "16th Air Force Units".
  19. ^ Pomerleau, Mark (20 December 2022). "Cyber National Mission Force Declared Sub-Unifed Command". DefenseScoop News.
  20. ^ a b c "The Evolution of Cyber: Newest Subordinate Unified Command is Nation's Joint Cyber Force". U.S. Cyber Command. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Cyber National Mission Force elevated in fight against foreign hackers". The Record from Recorded Future News. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  22. ^ DOD Fact Sheet: Cyber Mission Force U.S. Army Cyber Command. Retrieved 23 July 2022.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  23. ^ Cyber Mission Force Achieves Full Operational Capability United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 23 July 2022.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  24. ^ Here's How DOD Organizes its Cyber Warriors C4ISRNet. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  25. ^ "The Cyber National Mission Force Is the Newest Military Command". MyBaseGuide. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  26. ^ a b "U.S. Cyber Command completes defensive cyber mission in Croatia". CyberScoop. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  27. ^ John C.K. Daly (9 October 2006). "US Air Force Prepares For Cyber Warfare". Space Daily.
  28. ^ "US needs 'digital warfare force'". BBC News. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  29. ^ . Homeland Security Today. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  30. ^ "News Release: Flag and General Officer Announcements". Department of Defense. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  31. ^ "Cyberwar Commander Survives Senate Hearing, Threat Level". Wired.com. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  32. ^ "U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Nominations Confirmed (Non-Civilian)". U.S. Senate. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  33. ^ "Photos : News Photo". Defense.gov. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  34. ^ "DoD Cyber Command is officially online, 21 May 2010, Army Times". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  35. ^ "Military Mulls Joint Cyber Defense". Govinfosecurity.com. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  36. ^ . HometownGlenBurnie.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  37. ^ "Release". www.defense.gov. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  38. ^ Jackson, William (24 June 2009). "DoD creates Cyber Command as U.S. Strategic Command subunit - Federal Computer Week". Fcw.com. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  39. ^ "S. 2943; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017" (PDF). congress.gov. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  40. ^ Monroe, John S. (2 July 2009). "Cyber Command: So much still to know". Federal Computer Week (FCW). 1105 Media, Inc. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  41. ^ "U.S Cyber Command Goes Online". Democracy Arsenal. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  42. ^ Lynn, William J. (12 November 2009). . United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010.
  43. ^ Shachtman, Noah (23 September 2010). "Military's Cyber Commander Swears: "No Role" in Civilian Networks"". Brookings. The Brookings Institution. from the original on 7 November 2016.
  44. ^ Conti, Gregory; Easterly, Jen (29 July 2010). . Small Wars Journal. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  45. ^ Costa, Robert (April 2002). . Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air Command and Staff College, Air University. p. 261. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012.
  46. ^ Chabrow, Eric (22 April 2009). "Report: Cybersecurity Military Command Coming". GovInfoSecurity (Information Security Media Group). from the original on 24 December 2015.
  47. ^ a b Conti, Gregory; Surdu, John "Buck" (2009). "Army, Navy, Air Force, Cyber: Is it Time for a Cyberwarfare Branch of the Military" (PDF). Information Assurance Newsletter. Vol. 12, no. 1. pp. 14–18. (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2016.
  48. ^ At the time, Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Conti was a United States Military Academy Professor and Director of West Point's Cyber Security Research Center.
  49. ^ Chabrow, Eric (25 March 2009). "New Cyber Warfare Branch Proposed: Time Ripe to Create Fourth Branch of Military". GovInfoSecurity (Information Security Media Group). from the original on 22 December 2015.
  50. ^ Nakashima, Ellen (19 March 2010). "Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  51. ^ Daniel, Lisa (15 April 2010). . DoD News. United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015.
  52. ^ Parrish, Karen (14 July 2011). . DoD News. United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015.
  53. ^ Tilghman, Andrew (4 August 2014). "In supersecret cyberwar game, civilian-sector techies pummel active-duty cyberwarriors". www.armytimes.com. Gannett Government Media. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  54. ^ Baldor, Lolita C. (14 April 2015). "Pentagon eyes recruiting cyber talent through National Guard". Military Times. Associated Press. from the original on 28 January 2016.
  55. ^ Pawlyk, Oriana K. (3 January 2015). "Calling up the Reserves: Cyber mission is recruiting". Air Force Times. Sightline Media Group. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  56. ^ "All Cyber Mission Force Teams Achieve Initial Operating Capability". United States Cyber Command, United States Department of Defense. 24 October 2016. from the original on 28 October 2016.
  57. ^ Rockwell, Mark (21 November 2016). "Cyber panel closes in on final recommendations". Federal Computer Week (FCW). 1105 Media, Inc. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  58. ^ Costello, John (10 November 2016). "Overview of President-Elect Donald Trump's Cyber Policy". Flashpoint. from the original on 22 November 2016.
  59. ^ Fidler, David (2 December 2020). "President Trump's Legacy on Cyberspace Policy". CFR. from the original on 11 May 2021.
  60. ^ "Cyber Warfare Command to Be Launched in January". Koreatimes.co.kr. December 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  61. ^ Clark, Colin (29 June 2009). "StratCom Plows Ahead on Cyber". DoD Buzz. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  62. ^ "Construction begins on first cyber warfare intelligence center". Af.mil. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  63. ^ Branigan, Tania (22 July 2010). "Chinese army to target cyber war threat". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  64. ^ "US and Russia clash over power grid 'hack attacks". BBC News. 18 June 2019.
  65. ^ "How Not To Prevent a Cyberwar With Russia". Wired. 18 June 2019.
  66. ^ Pomerleau, Mark (23 June 2021). "US Cyber Command exercise will help shape new tactics for changing threats". C4ISRNet.
  67. ^ Mark Pomerleau (25 May 2021) US Army emphasizes ‘information advantage’ "five pillars of information advantage: enable decision-making, protect friendly information, inform and educate domestic audiences, inform and influence international audiences, and conduct information warfare"

External links edit

  • U.S. Cyber Command website
  • "NSA Chief may lose US Cyber Command role". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  • "But NSA & Cyber Command are to stay under one chief". 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  • FACT SHEET: Imposing Costs for Harmful Foreign Activities by the Russian Government, White House. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

united, states, cyber, command, cybercom, redirects, here, swedish, consult, company, cybercom, group, uscybercom, eleven, unified, combatant, commands, united, states, department, defense, unifies, direction, cyberspace, operations, strengthens, cyberspace, c. Cybercom redirects here For the Swedish IT consult company see Cybercom Group United States Cyber Command USCYBERCOM is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense DoD It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities and integrates and bolsters DoD s cyber expertise which focus on securing cyberspace 5 United States Cyber CommandFounded21 May 2010 2010 05 21 13 years 8 months ago CountryUnited StatesTypeUnified combatant command and cyber forceRoleCyberwarfarePart ofU S Department of DefenseGarrison HQFort George G Meade Maryland U S Nickname s USCYBERCOM CYBERCOM Websitewww cybercom milCommandersCommanderGen Timothy D Haugh USAF 1 Deputy CommanderLTG William J Hartman USA 2 Executive DirectorHolly Baroody 3 Senior Enlisted LeaderCSM Sheryl D Lyon USA 4 USCYBERCOM was established as a Sub Unified command under U S Strategic Command at the direction of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on June 23 2009 6 at the National Security Agency NSA headquarters in Fort George G Meade Maryland It cooperates with NSA networks and has been concurrently headed by the director of the National Security Agency since its inception 7 While originally created with a defensive mission in mind it has increasingly been viewed as an offensive force 7 On 18 August 2017 it was announced that USCYBERCOM would be elevated to the status of a full and independent unified combatant command 8 On 23 May 2023 it was announced that President Biden nominated Lt Gen Timothy Haugh to the Senate to be the next USCYBERCOM Commander 9 Contents 1 Mission statement 2 Organizational structure 2 1 Cyber teams 2 2 Component Commands 2 3 Cyber National Mission Force 2 4 Standing joint task force 3 Background 4 Concerns 5 International effects and reactions 6 Operations 7 List of commanders 8 See also 9 Further reading 10 References 11 External linksMission statement editAccording to the US Department of Defense DoD USCYBERCOM plans coordinates integrates synchronizes and conducts activities to direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and prepare to and when directed conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains ensure US Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries 10 11 The text 9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a located in the command s emblem is the MD5 hash of their mission statement 11 The command is charged with pulling together existing cyberspace resources creating synergies and synchronizing war fighting effects to defend the information security environment USCYBERCOM is tasked with centralizing command of cyberspace operations strengthening DoD cyberspace capabilities and integrating and bolstering DoD s cyber expertise 12 13 Organizational structure editCyber teams edit Since 2015 the U S Cyber Command added 133 new cyber teams 14 The breakdown was Thirteen National Mission Teams to defend against broad cyberattacks Sixty eight Cyber Protection Teams to defend priority DoD networks and systems against priority threats Twenty seven Combat Mission Teams to provide integrated cyberspace attacks in support of operational plans and contingency operations Twenty five Cyber Support Teams to provide analytic and planning support to the national mission and combat mission teams Component Commands edit Emblem Command Acronym Commander Established Headquarters Subordinate Commands nbsp nbsp United States Army Cyber CommandJoint Force Headquarters Cyber 15 ARCYBER JFHQ C Lt General Maria B Barrett 1 October 2010 Fort Eisenhower Georgia nbsp Army Network Enterprise Technology Command nbsp U S Army Cyber Protection Brigade nbsp U S Army Reserve Cyber Protection Brigade nbsp 91st Cyber Brigade nbsp 780th Military Intelligence Brigade Cyber nbsp 1st Information Operations Command Cyber Military Intelligence Group These Subordinates fall under United States Army Intelligence and Security Command however Operational Control OPCON is given to ARCYBER for cyber related effects nbsp Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace CommandJoint Force Headquarters Cyber 16 MARFORCYBER JFHQ C Major General Ryan P Heritage 21 January 2010 Fort Meade Maryland Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group Marine Corps Cyber Warfare Group nbsp nbsp nbsp U S Fleet Cyber Command United States Tenth FleetJoint Force Headquarters Cyber 17 FLTCYBER 10F JFHQ C Vice Admiral Craig A Clapperton 29 January 2010 Fort Meade Maryland nbsp Naval Network Warfare Command CTF 1010 nbsp Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command CTF 1020 nbsp Navy Information Operations Command Texas CTF 1040 nbsp Navy Information Operations Command Georgia CTF 1050 nbsp Cryptologic Warfare Group Six CTF 1060 nbsp Navy Information Operations Command Hawaii CTF 1070 nbsp Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group CTF 1090 nbsp Navy Information Operations Command Colorado CTG 101 nbsp Navy Information Operations Command Whidbey Island CTG 102 nbsp Navy Information Operations Command Pensacola CTG 103 nbsp nbsp nbsp Sixteenth Air Force Air Forces CyberJoint Force Headquarters Cyber 18 16 AF AFCYBER JFHQ C Lt General Kevin B Kennedy Jr 11 October 2019 JBSA Lackland Texas 616th Operations Center nbsp 67th Cyberspace Wing nbsp 688th Cyberspace Wing nbsp 70th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing nbsp 363rd Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing nbsp 480th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing nbsp 9th Reconnaissance Wing nbsp 319th Reconnaissance Wing nbsp 55th Wing nbsp 557th Weather Wing nbsp Air Force Technical Applications CenterCyber National Mission Force edit The Cyber National Mission Force CNMF was activated on January 27 2014 as an element of Cyber Command 19 20 At inception the CNMF consisted of 21 teams broken down into 13 National Mission Teams NMT and 8 National Support Teams NST 20 Today the CNMF has expanded to 39 joint cyber teams consisting of over 2 000 service members and civilian members across the U S Armed Forces 20 On October 25 2022 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized that the Cyber National Mission Force become a subordinate unified command underneath the United States Cyber Command 21 Following this on December 19 2022 General Paul Nakasone presided over a ceremony to establish the CNMF with the new sub unified command status 21 Major General William J Hartman United States Army has served as CNMF commander since August 2019 The CNMF is one of three Cyber Command forces that would react to a cyber attack on the United States The other two forces are the Cyber Combat Mission Force assigned to the operational control of individual U S combatant commanders and the Cyber Protection Force that helps operate and defend the DODIN 22 CNMF is composed of cyber mission force teams across services that support the CNMF mission through their specific respective assignments 23 24 National Mission Teams NMT defend the nation by identifying adversary activity blocking attacked and maneuvering to defeat them Combat Mission Teams CMT conduct military cyberspace operations in support of combatant commander priorities and missions Cyber Protection Teams CPT defend DoD s information network protect priority missions and prepare cyber forces for combat National Support Teams NST provide analytic and planning support to national mission and combat mission teams The Cyber National Mission Force operates in both defensive and offensive cyber operations to carry out its missions of U S election defense counter ransomware operations global hunt operations combating foreign malicious cyber actors and providing support to national security operations 25 Global hunt operations began in 2018 as part of the persistent engagement strategy with the goal of looking for malicious cyber activity and vulnerabilities on significant networks 26 Since its inception the hunt operations have been requested and conducted in 18 countries and over 50 foreign networks 26 Standing joint task force edit Emblem Command Acronym Commander Established Headquarters nbsp Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network JFHQ DoDIN Lt General Robert J Skinner USAF 2015 Fort Meade MarylandJoint Task Force Ares JTF Ares 2016Background editAn intention by the U S Air Force to create a cyber command was announced in October 2006 27 An Air Force Cyber Command was created in a provisional status in November 2006 However in October 2008 it was announced the command would not be brought into permanent activation On 23 June 2009 the Secretary of Defense directed the Commander of U S Strategic Command USSTRATCOM to establish USCYBERCOM In May 2010 General Keith Alexander outlined his views in a report for the United States House Committee on Armed Services subcommittee 28 29 30 31 32 My own view is that the only way to counteract both criminal and espionage activity online is to be proactive If the U S is taking a formal approach to this then that has to be a good thing The Chinese are viewed as the source of a great many attacks on western infrastructure and just recently the U S electrical grid If that is determined to be an organized attack I would want to go and take down the source of those attacks The only problem is that the Internet by its very nature has no borders and if the U S takes on the mantle of the world s police that might not go down so well Initial operational capability was attained on 21 May 2010 General Alexander was promoted to four star rank becoming one of United States s 38 four star officers and took charge of U S Cyber Command in a ceremony at Fort Meade that was attended by Commander of U S Central Command GEN David Petraeus and Secretary of Defense Robert M Gates 33 34 35 36 USCYBERCOM reached full operational capability on 31 October 2010 37 The command assumed responsibility for several existing organizations The Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations JTF GNO and the Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare JFCC NW were absorbed by the command The Defense Information Systems Agency where JTF GNO operated provides technical assistance for network and information assurance to USCYBERCOM and is moving its headquarters to Fort Meade 38 President Obama signed into law on 23 December 2016 the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA for fiscal year FY 2017 which elevated USCYBERCOM to a unified combatant command The FY 2017 NDAA also specified that the dual hatted arrangement of the commander of USCYBERCOM will not be terminated until the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff jointly certify that ending this arrangement will not pose risks to the military effectiveness of CYBERCOM that are unacceptable to the national security interests of the United States 39 Concerns editThere are concerns that the Pentagon and NSA will overshadow any civilian cyber defense efforts 40 There are also concerns on whether the command will assist in civilian cyber defense efforts 41 According to Deputy Secretary of Defense William J Lynn the command will lead day to day defense and protection of all DoD networks It will be responsible for DoD s networks the dot mil world Responsibility for federal civilian networks dot gov stays with the Department of Homeland Security and that s exactly how it should be 42 Alexander notes however that if faced with cyber hostilities an executive order could expand Cyber Command s spectrum of operations to include for instance assisting the Department of Homeland Security in defense of their networks 43 Some military leaders claim that the existing cultures of the Army Navy and Air Force are fundamentally incompatible with that of cyber warfare 44 Major Robert Costa USAF even suggested a sixth branch of the military an Information Cyber Service with Title 10 responsibilities analogous to its sister services in 2002 noting While no one IOP Instrument of National Power operates in a vacuum Information increasingly underpins the other three Diplomatic Economic and Military yet has proven to be the most vulnerable even as US society becomes more dependent on it in peace conflict and war To attack these centers of gravity an adversary will use the weakest decisive point the Information IOP In addition the other IOPs benefit from Unity of Effort Constitutional balances of power ensure the Diplomatic and Military IOPs exercised by the President in concert with Congress are focused while the Economic IOP achieves Unity of Action through international market controls and an international body of law In 2002 t he Information IOP however was rudderless lacking both Unity of Action and Unity of Command 45 Others have also discussed the creation of a cyber warfare branch 46 47 Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Conti 48 and Colonel John Buck Surdu chief of staff of the United States Army Research Development and Engineering Command stated that the three major services are properly positioned to fight kinetic wars and they value skills such as marksmanship physical strength the ability to leap out of airplanes and lead combat units under enemy fire 47 Conti and Surdu reasoned Adding an efficient and effective cyber branch alongside the Army Navy and Air Force would provide our nation with the capability to defend our technological infrastructure and conduct offensive operations Perhaps more important the existence of this capability would serve as a strong deterrent for our nation s enemies 49 In response to concerns about the military s right to respond to cyber attacks General Alexander stated The U S must fire back against cyber attacks swiftly and strongly and should act to counter or disable a threat even when the identity of the attacker is unknown prior to his confirmation hearings before the United States Congress This came in response to incidents such as a 2008 operation to take down a government run extremist honeypot in Saudi Arabia Elite U S military computer specialists over the objections of the CIA mounted a cyberattack that dismantled the online forum 50 The new U S Cyber Command needs to strike a balance between protecting military assets and personal privacy stated Alexander in a Defense Department release If confirmed Alexander said his main focus will be on building capacity and capability to secure the networks and educating the public on the command s intent This command is not about an effort to militarize cyber space he said Rather it s about safeguarding our military assets 51 In July 2011 Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn announced in a conference that We have within Cyber Command a full spectrum of capabilities but the thrust of the strategy is defensive The strategy rests on five pillars he said treat cyber as a domain employ more active defenses support the Department of Homeland Security in protecting critical infrastructure networks practice collective defense with allies and international partners and reduce the advantages attackers have on the Internet 52 In 2013 USCYBERCOM held a classified exercise in which reserve officers with extensive experience in their civilian cyber security work easily defeated active duty cyber warriors 53 In 2015 Eric Rosenbach the principal cyber adviser to Defense Secretary Ash Carter said DoD was looking at alternatives to staffing with just active duty military 54 Beginning that year USCYBERCOM added 133 teams staffing out at 6 000 people with the intent that at least 15 of the personnel would be reserve cyber operations airmen 55 These new teams had achieved initial operating capability IOC as of 21 October 2016 Officials noted that IOC is not the same as combat readiness but is the first step in that direction 56 President Barack Obama s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity was formed to develop a plan for protecting cyberspace The commission released a report in December 2016 The report made 16 major recommendations regarding the intertwining roles of the military government administration and the private sector in providing cyber security 57 President Trump indicated that he wanted a full review of Cyber Command during his bid for presidency 58 During his presidency the Trump administration made Cyber Command a unified combatant command and took other measures attempting to deter cyber attacks However the FBI reported that they logged a record number of complaints and economic losses in 2019 as cybercrime continued to grow 59 International effects and reactions editThe creation of U S Cyber Command appears to have motivated other countries in this arena In December 2009 South Korea announced the creation of a cyber warfare command Reportedly this was in response to North Korea s creation of a cyber warfare unit 60 In addition the British GCHQ has begun preparing a cyber force 61 Furthermore a shift in military interest in cyber warfare has motivated the creation of the first U S Cyber Warfare Intelligence Center 62 In 2010 China introduced a department dedicated to defensive cyber war and information security in response to the creation of USCYBERCOM 63 Operations editIn June 2019 Russia has conceded that it is possible its electrical grid was under cyberattack by the United States 64 The New York Times reported that hackers from the U S Cyber Command planted malware potentially capable of disrupting the Russian electrical grid 65 Cyber command is using its 2021 exercise Cyber Flag 21 2 to improve its teams tactics 66 67 List of commanders editThe commander of U S Cyber Command is a statutory office 10 U S C 167b and is held by a four star general or if the commander is a Navy officer a four star admiral Main article Leadership of the United States Cyber Command No Commander Term Service branchPortrait Name Took office Left office Term length1 nbsp Alexander Keith B GeneralKeith B Alexander born 1951 21 May 201028 March 20143 years 311 days nbsp U S Army nbsp Davis Jon M Lieutenant GeneralJon M DavisActing29 March 20142 April 20144 days nbsp U S Marine Corps2 nbsp Rogers Michael S AdmiralMichael S Rogers born 1959 3 April 20144 May 20184 years 31 days nbsp U S Navy3 nbsp Nakasone Paul M GeneralPaul M Nakasone born 1963 4 May 20182 February 20245 years 270 days nbsp U S Army4 nbsp Haugh Timothy D GeneralTimothy D Haugh born 1969 2 February 2024Incumbent4 days nbsp U S Air ForceSee also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Politics portalList of cyber warfare forces United States Strategic Command Joint Task Force Global Network Operations United States National Security Agency NSA United States Department of Homeland Security U S Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace Information assurance vulnerability alert Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence NATO National Cyberdefence Centre Germany Cyberwarfare Cyberwarfare in the United States Defense Information Systems Agency 2008 cyberattack on United States 2020 United States federal government data breachFurther reading editSmeets Max 4 July 2022 A US history of not conducting cyber attacks Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 78 4 208 213 References edit Gen Timothy D Haugh USAF U S Cyber Command Retrieved 3 February 2024 Lt Gen William J Hartman USA U S Cyber Command Retrieved 19 January 2024 Holly Baroody U S Cyber Command Retrieved 30 April 2023 Command Sergeant Major Sheryl D Lyon U S Department of Defense Retrieved 30 September 2023 What is U S Cyber Command USCYBERCOM Definition from Techopedia Techopedia com 7 November 2012 Retrieved 15 February 2022 https nsarchive2 gwu edu NSAEBB NSAEBB424 docs Cyber 029 pdf bare URL PDF a b Nakashima Ellen 13 September 2016 Obama to be urged to split cyberwar command from NSA The Washington Post Archived from the original on 14 September 2016 Office of the Press Secretary Statement by President Donald J Trump on the Elevation of Cyber Command whitehouse gov via National Archives Dept of the USAF 23 May 2023 Biden nominates Lt Gen Timothy Haugh to lead NSA Cyber Command politico com via Politico Cyber Command Fact Sheet U S Department of Defense 21 May 2010 Archived from the original on 16 April 2014 Retrieved 16 April 2014 a b Jelinek Pauline 8 July 2010 A code you can hack On CYBERCOM s logo Marine Corps Times Associated Press Archived from the original on 15 July 2010 Retrieved 8 July 2010 U S Department of Defense Cyber Command Fact Sheet 21 May 2010 Mazzetti Mark Sanger David E 12 March 2013 Security Chief Says Computer Attacks Will Be Met The New York Times The Department of Defense Cyber Strategy United States Department of Defense October 2016 Archived from the original on 4 November 2016 ARCYBER Organization MARFORCYBER Units US Navy Fleet Cyber Command 16th Air Force Units Pomerleau Mark 20 December 2022 Cyber National Mission Force Declared Sub Unifed Command DefenseScoop News a b c The Evolution of Cyber Newest Subordinate Unified Command is Nation s Joint Cyber Force U S Cyber Command Retrieved 27 February 2023 a b Cyber National Mission Force elevated in fight against foreign hackers The Record from Recorded Future News 19 December 2022 Retrieved 27 February 2023 DOD Fact Sheet Cyber Mission Force U S Army Cyber Command Retrieved 23 July 2022 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Cyber Mission Force Achieves Full Operational Capability United States Department of Defense Retrieved 23 July 2022 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Here s How DOD Organizes its Cyber Warriors C4ISRNet Retrieved 23 July 2022 The Cyber National Mission Force Is the Newest Military Command MyBaseGuide Retrieved 27 February 2023 a b U S Cyber Command completes defensive cyber mission in Croatia CyberScoop 18 August 2022 Retrieved 27 February 2023 John C K Daly 9 October 2006 US Air Force Prepares For Cyber Warfare Space Daily US needs digital warfare force BBC News 5 May 2009 Retrieved 10 October 2017 preparedness and security news DC Summit Convenes Military Cyber Warriors Homeland Security Today 18 November 2009 Archived from the original on 11 July 2010 Retrieved 10 July 2010 News Release Flag and General Officer Announcements Department of Defense 12 March 2009 Retrieved 10 July 2010 Cyberwar Commander Survives Senate Hearing Threat Level Wired com 15 April 2010 Retrieved 10 July 2010 U S Senate Legislation amp Records Home gt Nominations Confirmed Non Civilian U S Senate Retrieved 10 July 2010 Photos News Photo Defense gov 21 May 2010 Retrieved 10 July 2010 DoD Cyber Command is officially online 21 May 2010 Army Times Retrieved 27 April 2021 Military Mulls Joint Cyber Defense Govinfosecurity com Retrieved 10 July 2010 Fort Meade cyber security center sought www HometownGlenBurnie com The Maryland Gazette HometownGlenBurnie com Archived from the original on 14 July 2010 Retrieved 10 July 2010 Release www defense gov Retrieved 27 April 2021 Jackson William 24 June 2009 DoD creates Cyber Command as U S Strategic Command subunit Federal Computer Week Fcw com Retrieved 10 July 2010 S 2943 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 PDF congress gov Retrieved 18 June 2017 Monroe John S 2 July 2009 Cyber Command So much still to know Federal Computer Week FCW 1105 Media Inc Retrieved 22 November 2016 U S Cyber Command Goes Online Democracy Arsenal 1 October 2009 Retrieved 22 November 2016 Lynn William J 12 November 2009 Remarks at the Defense Information Technology Acquisition Summit United States Department of Defense Archived from the original on 15 April 2010 Shachtman Noah 23 September 2010 Military s Cyber Commander Swears No Role in Civilian Networks Brookings The Brookings Institution Archived from the original on 7 November 2016 Conti Gregory Easterly Jen 29 July 2010 Recruiting Development and Retention of Cyber Warriors Despite an Inhospitable Culture Small Wars Journal Archived from the original on 7 January 2011 Retrieved 29 July 2010 Costa Robert April 2002 Supporting the Information Centric 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review The Case for an Information Service Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama Air Command and Staff College Air University p 261 Archived from the original on 1 December 2012 Chabrow Eric 22 April 2009 Report Cybersecurity Military Command Coming GovInfoSecurity Information Security Media Group Archived from the original on 24 December 2015 a b Conti Gregory Surdu John Buck 2009 Army Navy Air Force Cyber Is it Time for a Cyberwarfare Branch of the Military PDF Information Assurance Newsletter Vol 12 no 1 pp 14 18 Archived PDF from the original on 11 June 2016 At the time Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Conti was a United States Military Academy Professor and Director of West Point s Cyber Security Research Center Chabrow Eric 25 March 2009 New Cyber Warfare Branch Proposed Time Ripe to Create Fourth Branch of Military GovInfoSecurity Information Security Media Group Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 Nakashima Ellen 19 March 2010 Dismantling of Saudi CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies The Washington Post Retrieved 10 July 2010 Daniel Lisa 15 April 2010 Nominee Urges Government Private Sector Cooperation DoD News United States Department of Defense Archived from the original on 14 July 2015 Parrish Karen 14 July 2011 News Article Lynn Cyber Strategy s Thrust is Defensive DoD News United States Department of Defense Archived from the original on 14 July 2015 Tilghman Andrew 4 August 2014 In supersecret cyberwar game civilian sector techies pummel active duty cyberwarriors www armytimes com Gannett Government Media Retrieved 6 August 2014 Baldor Lolita C 14 April 2015 Pentagon eyes recruiting cyber talent through National Guard Military Times Associated Press Archived from the original on 28 January 2016 Pawlyk Oriana K 3 January 2015 Calling up the Reserves Cyber mission is recruiting Air Force Times Sightline Media Group Retrieved 5 November 2016 All Cyber Mission Force Teams Achieve Initial Operating Capability United States Cyber Command United States Department of Defense 24 October 2016 Archived from the original on 28 October 2016 Rockwell Mark 21 November 2016 Cyber panel closes in on final recommendations Federal Computer Week FCW 1105 Media Inc Retrieved 22 November 2016 Costello John 10 November 2016 Overview of President Elect Donald Trump s Cyber Policy Flashpoint Archived from the original on 22 November 2016 Fidler David 2 December 2020 President Trump s Legacy on Cyberspace Policy CFR Archived from the original on 11 May 2021 Cyber Warfare Command to Be Launched in January Koreatimes co kr December 2009 Retrieved 10 July 2010 Clark Colin 29 June 2009 StratCom Plows Ahead on Cyber DoD Buzz Retrieved 10 July 2010 Construction begins on first cyber warfare intelligence center Af mil Archived from the original on 30 June 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2010 Branigan Tania 22 July 2010 Chinese army to target cyber war threat The Guardian London Retrieved 25 July 2010 US and Russia clash over power grid hack attacks BBC News 18 June 2019 How Not To Prevent a Cyberwar With Russia Wired 18 June 2019 Pomerleau Mark 23 June 2021 US Cyber Command exercise will help shape new tactics for changing threats C4ISRNet Mark Pomerleau 25 May 2021 US Army emphasizes information advantage five pillars of information advantage enable decision making protect friendly information inform and educate domestic audiences inform and influence international audiences and conduct information warfare External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Cyber Command U S Cyber Command website NSA Chief may lose US Cyber Command role Retrieved 4 November 2013 But NSA amp Cyber Command are to stay under one chief 13 December 2013 Retrieved 14 December 2013 US Cyber Command Fact Sheet US Cyber Command Fact Sheet PowerPoint FACT SHEET Imposing Costs for Harmful Foreign Activities by the Russian Government White House Retrieved 16 September 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Cyber Command amp oldid 1202553884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.