{"id":23519,"date":"2018-07-20T15:04:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T15:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/20\/the-army-probably-needs-to-update-its-cyber-doctrine-every-18-months\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:17:08","slug":"the-army-probably-needs-to-update-its-cyber-doctrine-every-18-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/07\/20\/the-army-probably-needs-to-update-its-cyber-doctrine-every-18-months\/","title":{"rendered":"The Army probably needs to update its cyber doctrine every 18 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top Army leaders say that their recent tours have provided valuable lessons on the rate of change in the cyber world that they\u2019re now using to shape training and operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve learned so much in the last two years because we\u2019ve operated and the pace has increased,\u201d Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of Army Cyber Command, said during a July 18 event hosted by the Association of Old Crows. \u201cWe\u2019ve accelerated the learning curve and that\u2019s given us confidence to start to make changes in organization, in capabilities and tactics, techniques and procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those lessons come, in part, from building out of the cyber mission force, Brig. Gen. Jennifer Buckner, director of the Army\u2019s Cyber Directorate in charge of Army staff level electronic warfare, cyber and information operations policy, told Fifth Domain following the event. Given the pace of operations in the Middle East and other combatant commands around the world, there are a host of operational events that are informing training and organizational structures, Buckner said. Buckner served most recently as the deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command led counter-ISIS cyber offensive known as Joint Task Force-Ares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this accelerated pace, Fogarty, who until May was the chief of staff at CYBERCOM, said that the Army needs to update its cyber doctrine more regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctrine provides the template for commanders to conduct operations and understand their respective operating environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Army published its first field manual outlining cyber and electromagnetic activities doctrine last year, Fogarty said he\u2019s instructed the Cyber Center of Excellence to update the document in the next 18 months based on operations over the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t