{"id":32283,"date":"2023-03-01T13:59:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/01\/us-cyber-command-developing-own-intelligence-hub\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:33:32","slug":"us-cyber-command-developing-own-intelligence-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2023\/03\/01\/us-cyber-command-developing-own-intelligence-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"US Cyber Command developing own intelligence hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FALLS CHURCH, Va. \u2014 U.S. Cyber Command, tasked with defending Department of Defense IT networks and coordinating cyberspace operations, is developing its own intelligence hub, after years of relying on other information-gathering sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The endeavor, still in its infancy, is meant to buttress data collection and augment CYBERCOM\u2019s understanding of foreign capabilities in the ever-expanding cyber realm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know everything about a T-72 tank, all the way to every nut and bolt in there, for the Army,\u201d Col. Candice Frost, the leader of the Joint Intelligence Operations Center at CYBERCOM, said at a Feb. 28 event hosted by Billington Cybersecurity in Virginia. \u201cBut we don\u2019t have that for networks, with respect to an all-source capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCongress asked us: Do we need a center that is focused on all-source intelligence to support Cyber Command<\/a>, in the cyber domain?\u201d Frost said. \u201cAnd the answer was a resounding yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prospective Cyber Intelligence Center was previously teased by CYBERCOM\u2019s director of intelligence, Brig. Gen. Matteo Martemucci. He told the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International\u2019s Signal magazine in November that an in-depth review of assets highlighted a need for a hub dedicated to analyzing cyber expertise and exploits abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would complement the slate of well-established centers and intel-collecting practices with products that are sought-after but still not available, Martemucci said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyber as a discipline and general interest area has exploded in recent years. Paralyzing ransomware attacks, as was seen with Colonial Pipeline, and the bloody Russia-Ukraine war have pushed discussions about digital destruction to the popular fore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frost in her remarks acknowledged the work already done by the National Ground Intelligence Center, the National Air and Space Intelligence Center<\/a> and others, which feed the U.S. defense colossus scientific and technical information about faraway forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\t