There needs to be a doctrine for every domain, whether on the ground, at sea, in the air, or out in space. And that goes for cyberspace as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cyber demands rules of engagement and concepts of operations just like those that exist for the other domains, and the U.S. Army is leading the way to establish the needed doctrine, according to Raytheon\u2019s Bill Leigher, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn any warfighting domain, you first need the people and equipment to do the job, then you need the doctrine, and finally, you need training that reinforces the operating rules that have been established,\u201d said Leigher. \u201cThe Army is putting those three pieces together to take their Cyber Mission Forces to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leigher said that all of the services should follow suit and work in parallel to fit their specific mission and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCyber isn\u2019t an entity in itself,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is complementary to the missions of the services; supporting brigades, carrier strike groups and wings that deploying to support combatant commanders worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One example Leigher gives of where doctrine is needed is how Cyber Protection Teams respond to an event in cyberspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOperations in the other domains are mature and have evolved with technology. With that, you find military units will have a standard approach to a situation. For example, Navy destroyers will all prosecute an unknown sonar contact the same way,\u201d Leigher said. \u201cI believe, doctrine-wise, cyber should have the same uniformity. For example, CPTs, regardless of the [combatant command] it supports, should all have the same initial actions to counter a denial or service attack and ensure network resiliency for a commander. Twenty cyber protection teams can\u2019t tackle the same problem 20 different ways. Everybody should start with the same approach, and then adjust as the situation evolves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leigher points to Fort Gordon, Georgia, headquarters for Army Cyber Command and the Army Cyber Center of Excellence, as an example of the progress that’s been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you look at Fort Gordon, you see that the Army is the furthest along with the process of tools acquisition, strategy and requirements,\u201d Leigher said. \u201cThey\u2019re standing up a Persistent Cyber Training Environment so their cyber forces anywhere in the world can train together on the same range, preparing for missions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leigher said the other services can learn the approach the Army is taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Army\u2019s model is sustainable, enabling it to mature and grow as the Army\u2019s cyber force grows and matures,\u201d Leigher said. \u201cAnd while the Army has made a breakthrough and are the furthest along, they are not locking the service into a fixed, long-term system that can\u2019t be updated. The other services can take a page out of their book and get to the same place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leigher said, the United States needs cyber dominance to maintain overall warfighting dominance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBuilding partnerships, across the services, with our allies and with industry is essential to maintaining dominance in cyberspace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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