US Cyber Command Begins A Strategic Review

The US Cyber Command is undergoing a significant review intended to update its organisation and  capabilities to make sure it  is positioned  to deal with threats in a highly dynamic environment. 

 The review, which US government officials are referring to as Cybercom 2.0, includes an expansion in size and scope with 14 new teams to be added over five years to the current 39 teams.

In particular, Cybercom's strategic focus will shift  from counter-terrorism and combating violent extremist organisations, to dealing with nation-state threats actors.

The outgoing commander General Paul Nakasone said, “As cyber threats to the nation have evolved, as technology has advanced at rapid pace, so too has Cyber National Mission Force, constantly evolving to meet the nation’s challenges in cyberspace, responding to major cyber-attacks, defending forward in every geographic theater, confronting and engaging the world’s most dangerous cyber actors, and defending the democratic processes of our nation.”

With hacktivist groups and cyber criminals increasingly exploit the Internet and social media for propaganda, fake news and offensive cyber activities, it seems the threat level can only escalate. 

Based on how the Ukraine war has reshaped how the military views the way cyber attacks are used during periods of armed conflict, Cybercom has shifted its focus toward nation state threats. Expanded operational size will provide Cybercom not only more capable teams to deploy quickly, but expand its global reach, able to operate in many different geographic areas simultaneously.  

Over the past two yeas, US agencies have been very active addressing some of the more state and non-state cyber threats the US faces and Cybercom has demonstrated a high level of capability in confronting adversaries in cyberspace.

With a larger team and stronger capabilities, US adversaries like China, Russia and Iran are likely to come under greater pressure from US offensive cyber activity than ever before and while the world may have suspected the United States conducts these types of offensive cyber missions, it is now public knowledge that it is doing so.

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