Despite the physical gains made against ISIS over the past several months, one top military leader believes the group will try to \u201cresurge\u201d in the virtual space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlthough the physical caliphate significantly has been reduced, what we think that will cause them to do is increase that virtual caliphate,\u201d Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of Army Cyber Command, told reporters during a media roundtable in July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The military, and specifically the anti-ISIS cyber offensive called Joint Task Force-Ares he commands for U.S. Cyber Command, has not seen a reduction in business, Fogarty explained. Rather, the force has had to look globally to understand where ISIS is moving its operations as it loses its physical sanctuaries it once held in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of ISIS\u2019s power, Fogarty reiterated during a keynote presentation Aug. 21 at TechNet Augusta, was their ability to hit a worldwide audience, inspire recruits and look much larger than they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They use social media and cyber as important parts of their information operations toolkit to promote their message, Fogarty said, explaining how they can hit people who are predisposed to either their message or at least are distrustful of Western press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs long as they can promote that, frankly, our kinetic effects in theater will not be able to completely destroy them,\u201d he said. \u201cThey can keep the idea alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the U.S. has its tactics and procedures down and JTF-Ares really brought together all the service cyber components and reflects a joint, international, combined operation, Fogarty said. This allows the U.S. to pass operations off to other elements \u2014 combatant commands, someone in the interagency or foreign partners \u2014 depending on where factions of ISIS may move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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