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handle is hein.crs/goverlu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Con resstnal Fes info rig I I~ live d H 3rch Service since 1914 Defense Primer: Cyberspace Operations Overview effort are high The Department of Defense (DOD) defines cyberspace as a and winthe n global domain within the information environment (IE) and partners; consisting of the interdependent networks of information technology infrastructures and resident data, including the Cyber M internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, DOD began t and embedded processors and controllers. Joint Publication to carry out D (JP) 3-12, Joint Cyberspace Operations describes 133 teams tha cyberspace operations as the employment of cyberspace missions. Spe capabilities where the primary purpose is to achieve these mission objectives in or through cyberspace. The DOD Information Network (DODIN) is a global infrastructure carrying DOD, * Cyber Na national security, and related intelligence community observing information and intelligence. maneuveri Cyberspace operations are composed of the military, * Cyber Co intelligence, and ordinary business operations of the DOD operations in and through cyberspace. Military cyberspace operations use cyberspace capabilities to create effects that support * Cyber Pr operations across the physical domains and cyberspace. networks, Cyberspace operations are categorized into the following: * Cyber Sut * Offensive Cyberspace Operations, intended to project support to power by the application of force in and through cyberspace. These operations are authorized like CMF teams re operations in the physical domains. individuals in * Defensive Cyberspace Operations, to defend DOD or Command. other friendly cyberspace. These are both passive and active defense operations and are conducted inside and United St outside of DODIN. In response to * DODIN Operations, to design, build, configure, secure, military com operate, maintain, and sustain DOD communications USCYBERC systems and networks across the entire DODIN. synchronize, Cyber Strategy collaboration' In March 2023, the White House released a national Elevated to a cybersecurity strategy consisting of five pillars: (1) defend USCYBERC critical infrastructure; (2) disrupt and dismantle threat is also te dir actors; (3) shape market forces to drive security and and chiefof t resilience; (4) invest in a resilient future; and (5) forge manages day- international partnerships to pursue shared goals. defense and p In 2022, DOD issued a new, classified Cyber Strategy, Mission Force superseding the unclassified 2018 DOD Cyber Strategy. The unclassified summary of the 2022 Strategy (released in Mi 2023) maintains the previous strategy's emphasis on operations to defend forward, meaning to disrupt or halt United States malicious cyber activity at its source, including activity that United States falls below the level of armed conflict. Defending forward United States may involve an aggressive active defense, meaning activities designed to disrupt an adversary's network when United States hostile activity is suspected. Four complementary lines of Cyberspace C Updated November 29, 2024 lighted: to defend the nation; prepare to fight ation's wars; protect the domain with allies and build enduring advantages in cyberspace. &sson Force o build a Cyber Mission Force (CMF) in 2012 OD's cyber missions. The CMF consists of t are organized to meet DOD's three cyber cifically, Cyber Mission Force teams support sets though their respective assignments: rtional Mission Teams defend the nation by iadversary activity, blocking attacks, and rng in cyberspace to defeat them. rmbat Mission Teams conduct military cyber in support of combatant commands. otection Teams defend the DOD information protect priority missions, and prepare cyber forces for combat. pport Teams provide analytic and planning National Mission and Combat Mission teams. ached full operational capacity at over 6,200 May 2018. Organizationally, the Cyber Mission Force is an entity of the United States Cyber ates Cyber Cornand the growing cyber threat, in 2009 the Secretary of Defense directed the establishment of a new mand devoted to cyber activities. OM's stated mission is to to direct, and coordinate cyberspace planning and operations to defend and advance national interests in with domestic and international partners. unified combatant command in May 2018, OM is commanded by a four-star general, who ector of the National Security Agency (NSA) he Central Security Service. The commander to-day global cyberspace operations and leads rotection of DODIN. Each of the military services provides support to USCYBERCOM's Cyber Missio Forc.

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