{"id":22190,"date":"2017-11-28T18:33:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/28\/how-cybercoms-efforts-against-isis-have-changed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:42:45","slug":"how-cybercoms-efforts-against-isis-have-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/cybercon\/2017\/11\/28\/how-cybercoms-efforts-against-isis-have-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"How CYBERCOM\u2019s efforts against ISIS have changed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 During his tenure at the Pentagon, then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter often talked about how the role of cyber operations in the fight against the Islamic State group, commonly known as ISIS or ISIL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in October, Carter wrote in a lengthy blog post that he was \u201clargely disappointed\u201d by U.S. Cyber Command\u2019s effectiveness against the militant group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt never really produced any effective cyber weapons or techniques,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/LastingDefeat\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">Carter wrote<\/a>. \u201cWhen CYBERCOM did produce something useful, the intelligence community tended to delay or try to prevent its use, claiming cyber operations would hinder intelligence collection. This would be understandable if we had been getting a steady stream of actionable intel, but we weren\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about Carter\u2019s comments during Tuesday\u2019s Federal Times CyberCon event, two of the Pentagon\u2019s point people on the cyberwar versus ISIS avoided challenging the former Pentagon head. But reading between the lines, both Air Force Brig. Gen. Timothy Haugh, director of intelligence at CYBERCOM, and Air Force Col. 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Where before it was largely focused on doing cyber-versus-cyber operations, the group is now using what Haugh called the \u201ctotality of the U.S. government\u2019s capabilities\u201d against digital efforts from ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom our perspective that\u2019s not just a Department of Defense issue. It\u2019s how you partner with the Department of State, with Treasury, with Homeland Security \u2014 all of those elements to then present options back to both policymakers and to supportive commanders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stratton, for his part, acknowledged Carter\u2019s complaint about the split between intel and operations, saying the \u201cintel gain-loss discussion has always been there and will always continue to be there. 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