For the US Army, ‘Cyber War’ Is Quickly Becoming Just ‘War’
Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service soldiers coordinate to tactically enter and clear rooms during an urban operation terrain exercise near Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2016.
By Patrick Tucker Read bio
February 9, 2017
Combat brigades will soon head into firefights with cyber specialists…and possibly IT lawyers.
The next great conflict will play out not just on physical terrain but also in the electrical pulses of cyberspace and the electronic spectrum. But while anonymous enemies like ISIS or Russia’s “little green men” are free to use the digital space as they like, U.S. Army leaders say legal requirements and a pre-digital rules structure complicate their response. That’s why, for the last 18 months, the service has been experimenting with different concepts of operations for the cyber units that will be on the front lines of tomorrow’s fights.
The Army, which already has 30 cyber teams at full operational capability and 11 more at initial operating capability, is aiming to have 41 fully operational teams by year’s end.
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