{"id":16116,"date":"2018-07-05T19:58:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/05\/how-the-army-will-infuse-cyber-operations-on-the-battlefield\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:03:03","slug":"how-the-army-will-infuse-cyber-operations-on-the-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/07\/05\/how-the-army-will-infuse-cyber-operations-on-the-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Army will infuse cyber operations on the battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Imagine a brigade combat team readying an assault on a small town in Eastern Europe. As part of the planning, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA) staff recommend knocking out Wi-Fi connections in the town to prevent residents and forces from communicating prior to or during the operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, planners must submit a request for such capabilities through their higher echelons, which slows down the operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Army is experimenting with how to insert these capabilities at lower levels to accelerate decision-making. The pilot, sponsored by Army Cyber Command, is called CEMA Support to Corps and Below (CSCB). The program, now in its eighth rotation at combat training centers, is testing a concept of expeditionary cyber teams (ECT), an added element that includes new offensive and defensive planners on the brigade staff and offensive operators that will travel with the tactical maneuver forces, typically at the company level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, cyber capabilities across the Department of Defense have resided in remote sanctuaries at the strategic level<\/a> requiring a high level of authority, meaning any time a brigade commander wants to employ a cyber capability, cyber planners on the brigade staff must request from higher echelons slowing the decision cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\t