{"id":33704,"date":"2020-01-10T20:37:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/10\/pentagon-gets-big-win-on-cyber-forces\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:28:50","slug":"pentagon-gets-big-win-on-cyber-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2020\/01\/10\/pentagon-gets-big-win-on-cyber-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon gets \u2018big win\u2019 on cyber forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2013 to mid-2018, U.S. Cyber Command built its cyber mission force \u2014 the 133-team, roughly 6,200-person cadre of personnel that conduct cyber operations. Following the build out of those teams, Cyber Command asserted that the focus would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/cybercom\/2018\/05\/17\/cyber-commands-cyber-warriors-hit-key-milestone\/\" target=_blank>shift to readiness<\/a>, or maintaining the teams and ensuring they remained fully capable of performing missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the Department of Defense has taken a critical step with its cyber teams by establishing metrics that define work roles and readiness, a top official said Jan. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/03\/08\/can-dods-cyber-teams-overcome-readiness-issues\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635882937672934897-2245155jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Can DoD\u2019s cyber teams overcome readiness issues?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A Government Accountability Office report assesses that Cyber Command&#039;s cyber mission force teams need to improve aspects of training.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe now have a signed document from the secretary that defines what a cyber operating force is,\u201d Maj. Gen. Dennis Crall, deputy principal cyber adviser and senior military adviser for cyber policy, said at an AFCEA hosted lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And these metrics are \u201cbig wins,\u201d Crall said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crall said that \u2014 unlike in the air, ground and maritime space \u2014 processes for defining and understanding readiness and concrete work roles, especially for defensive cyber teams known as cyber protection teams, did not exist prior. Cyber, despite being around for over 20 years, is still a relatively new discipline within the military for which the force, capabilities, processes and authorities are still evolving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have for the first time defined what a cyber protection team is. We know what the work roles are. We know exactly what those teams\u2019 mission are \u2026 [and] how to evaluate them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2019\/05\/16\/cyber-command-is-decoding-how-to-best-reorganize-teams\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-cyber-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Cyber Command is decoding how to best (re)organize teams<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The command is applying lessons learned to be more effective and sustain readiness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctrine for defensive cyber has been constantly evolving since DoD formalized cyber operations, though officials note the department has continued to struggle with what defensive cyber should look like. Why defensive cyber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/cybercom\/2018\/01\/12\/defensive-cyber-continues-to-mature-still-lags-offensive-cyber\/\" target=_blank>lags behind offensive<\/a> in many cases is due mainly to the fact they had to create the defensive framework from scratch, unlike with cyber offense, where there was a template from years of National Security Agency operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, through lessons learned in operations, cyber protection teams operate differently now than they did years ago. Cyber Command is still working to figure out the standards the services must teach to, meaning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/army\/2019\/08\/02\/how-the-armys-cyber-school-is-changing\/\" target=_blank>schoolhouses teach the old model because that is the official doctrine<\/a> and students are learning one way to conduct operations before learning a different method once they get to their unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crall told Fifth Domain following his remarks how the document signed begins to address how these teams should look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExactly what these individuals do, how we report readiness, at what level and what those readiness metrics look like by team build,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a level of execution and then reconstitution where teams will go after a certain level of execution, they\u2019ll go back to a building phase \u2026 Looking at standardized ways and what\u2019s the basic element of a team. What does that look like and what readiness levels would you expect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reconstitution is the action of getting teams back to full readiness levels following deployments and operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have explained in the past that cyber protection teams, which are 39 person teams, don\u2019t all have to deploy at once. This allows them to not only be more efficient in splitting up resources, but it allows parts of the team to reconstitute and conduct training while the other portion is engaged in operations, thus creating a more ready force. This is similar to how other military forces operate, such as fighter squadrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crall added that now the team definitions for cyber protection teams are done, the next piece is capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know that we can provide a repeatable deployment of these individuals and their associated equipment set, how many of them do you need,\u201d Crall said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crall also said that while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/2017\/09\/07\/cyber-command-moves-toward-standardized-cyber-kits\/\" target=_blank>tools and equipment used by cyber protection teams<\/a> were also agreed upon, there is still some flexibility for the teams to use certain equipment based on certain conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress in its <a 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