Cyber Command Archives

Morgan Adamski delivers a keynote at CyberTalks 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

Cybercom seeing successes with Panoptic Junction artificial intelligence capability

The AI tool is part of a pilot effort undertaken by Army Cyber Command, a service component command of U.S. Cyber Command.

Oct 30, 2024 By Jon Harper

An argument against establishing a U.S. Cyber Force

"Some academics, military leaders and politicians believe that establishing a U.S. Cyber Force will address challenges faced by the DOD cyberspace operations community. We disagree," Alan Brian Long…

Jul 11, 2024 By Alan Brian Long Jr. Maj. Alex Pytlar

Members of the 106th Rescue Wing Communication Flight stand in formation at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York National Guard, during their unit’s redesignation ceremony to become the 106th Communications Squadron, February 4, 2024. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Donaldson)

Now is not the time for a new cyber service

In this exclusive Op-Ed, Lt. Gen. Charlie “Tuna” Moore (Ret.), former deputy commander of Cyber Command, weighs in on options to address digital threats.

Jun 17, 2024 By Lt. Gen. Charlie "Tuna" Moore (Ret.)

Retired Gen. Jim Mattis, former secretary of defense, speaks at DefenseTalks 2024. (DefenseScoop photo)

Gen. Mattis on foreign influence operations: The US has never been ‘more vulnerable’

In a wide-ranging discussion, Mattis touched on the United States' vulnerability to meddling in the 2024 election, the evolution of cybersecurity as a domain of the U.S.…

May 23, 2024 By Billy Mitchell

U.S. Marines assigned to Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, review network configurations in the current operations tent at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

No nominee to fill top Marine Corps information post after former pick assigned to different job

Maj. Gen. Ryan Heritage was nominated and confirmed to be the next deputy commandant for information, but he's been assigned to a different position.

Apr 22, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Prospective service chiefs pledge to address cyber mission force readiness concerns of Congress

During their confirmation hearings this summer, three service chief nominees were asked how they plan to address shortfalls in their components' contributions to U.S. Cyber Command through…

Sep 15, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Crews of the National Space Defense Center provide threat-focused space domain awareness across the nation security space enterprise. (U.S. Space Force photo by Kathryn Damon)

Space Force in discussions to establish a cyber component to US Cyber Command

The other services have requirements to provide Cybercom a set number of personnel and teams to the joint cyber mission force, which conducts offensive and defensive cyber…

Aug 30, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Joint Chiefs nominee supports continued dual-hat leadership arrangement at Cybercom, NSA

In written responses to senators as part of his confirmation to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown said U.S.…

Jul 11, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Airman 1st Class Gerald Mack, cyber operator with 175th Cyber Operations, Maryland Air National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

House panel wants study on ‘occupational resiliency’ of Cybercom’s operators

An amendment offered as part of the fiscal 2024 NDAA would require the Pentagon to study the factors that could lead to the degradation of mental health…

Jun 22, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to “Wild Bill” Platoon, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment conduct electronic warfare training during Combined Resolve XV, Feb. 23, 2021 at the Hohenfels Training Area. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Julian Padua)

Could US Cyber Command play a larger role in electronic warfare in the future?

With the increasing convergence of cyber and the electromagnetic spectrum, some lawmakers and outside experts are asking if Cybercom will take a bigger role in EW.

Apr 21, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau