{"id":9711,"date":"2017-11-28T16:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/28\/why-other-nations-shouldnt-see-cybercom-elevation-as-an-escalation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:29:44","slug":"why-other-nations-shouldnt-see-cybercom-elevation-as-an-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/special-reports\/cybercon-special-reports\/2017\/11\/28\/why-other-nations-shouldnt-see-cybercom-elevation-as-an-escalation\/","title":{"rendered":"Should other nations be worried about Cyber Command\u2019s latest status?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 When President Donald Trump announced his decision to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to full combatant command status, it marked a final acknowledgement that cyber is a vital component of American war fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But could it also set off alarm bells for other nations that the U.S. is preparing to use offensive cyber operations in a new way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was a question posted to two top cyber officials from the Pentagon during the annual Federal Times CyberCon Tuesday. And their message to those who might share those concerns was simple: don\u2019t worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here for more coverage from the 2017 CyberCon event!<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nuanced change, the elevation. There has been a United States Cyber Command for a number of years now, there will continue to be [in the future], and I don\u2019t see it as escalatory at all,\u201d said U.S. Air Force Col. Todd Stratton, director of the AFCYBER Forward group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on out there in the domain and the establishment of the sub-unified command of CYBERCOM in 2010 didn\u2019t change any of that, and I don\u2019t think there are any red lines that will be crossed there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n