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DoD Cyber Officials: Cyber Command Will Need Unified Leadership To Meet Future Objectives

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, December 13th, 2017

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Elevating U.S. Cyber Command to a full combatant command will be a first step for setting Department of Defense cyber warfare objectives, but establishing unified command leadership will be necessary for enacting effective operational strategies.Panelists at a Nov. 28 cyber conference discussed future cyber tactics finding success with a joint campaign approach receiving unified directives rather than segmenting components across the services or creating a separate Cyber Corps.“We look at this as providing full-spectrum, all-domain integrated effects. What that means…

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