Reference no: EM133286267
Question: Cyberspace is critical on how the entire U.S. functions. For the DoD, it allows the military to gain informational advantage. The U.S. National Cyber Strategy focuses on protecting, promotion, preserving and advancing. The DoD outlined five lines of effort to execute this strategy: build a more lethal force, compete and deter in cyber space, strengthen alliances and cultivate new partnerships, implement cyber reform by educating leadership, and recruiting and retaining talent.
The U.S. Cyber Command has been fully elevated as a unified combatant command with full workforce manning, and continues to evolve and migrate. The command still has a lot of work to do in attaining a balanced force structure. The updated DoD Cyber Strategy directs the IC to address cyber threats and collect Intelligence to support U.S. cyber security.
Gen. Paul Nakasone, currently dual-hatted as Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA), submitted he still requires NSA Intelligence support, and they should not be separated at this time. Senior DoD leadership and General Nakasone stated USCYBERCOM and NSA will remain inextricably linked as Cyber Command will rely on the Intelligence that NSA collects from penetrating foreign networks.
From an Intelligence management perspective, is a division of USCYBERCOM and NSA impairing mission effectiveness and dividing already limited resources? What are the risks to readiness associated with ending the dual-hat leadership arrangement?