{"id":27653,"date":"2019-05-10T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/10\/a-better-way-for-cyber-command-to-get-the-tools-it-needs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:24:54","slug":"a-better-way-for-cyber-command-to-get-the-tools-it-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2019\/05\/10\/a-better-way-for-cyber-command-to-get-the-tools-it-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"A better way for Cyber Command to get the tools it needs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. Cyber Command is reconsidering how it buys and develops the tools cyber warriors need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA), was established by Cyber Command within the last year to guide capability development priorities. Cyber is unique within the Department of Defense in that from an operational perspective nearly all aspects are joint. This means in the traditional warfighting realm, the services are responsible for manning, training and equipping for a certain function, infantry or fighter pilots, for example. While those forces are part of a theater-wide campaign plan beneath a combatant command, they are still deployed under their own services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In cyber, by contrast, the services don\u2019t own any of the offensive cyber teams or capabilities. While developed by the services, they are deployed by Cyber Command in support of combatant commands through Joint Force Headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given this setup, Cyber Command wanted to move away from the services developing their own unique cyber tools and capabilities and rather create a more joint architecture where capabilities can be developed for the use of the entire cyber mission force across all the services.<\/p>\n\n\n\t