Cyberspace: the 7th Joint Function for 21st Century Warfare
Author | : Kenneth J. Voigt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1050333172 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Today's military leaders face a challenge in understanding how warfare has changed with the advent of a man-made cyberspace domain. The cyberspace domain is best viewed as an enabling domain on the information age battlefield for military planners to utilize effectively in combat. However, the recognition that cyberspace is a domain and that it is an integral part of warfare means nothing unless it can be incorporated into the operational level of war and employed within the operational art. Unfortunately, there is limited literature focused on how a joint force commander (JFC) will utilize cyberspace. The speed of cyberspace, coupled with the seemingly unlimited distance of the domain, are different than the natural domains and require cyberspace to be looked at as a joint function to integrate, synchronize, and direct operations for a JFC. The information age battlefield requires the integration of cyberspace capabilities at the operational level. Cyberspace added as the seventh joint function would define how a JFC can properly integrate cyberspace into a given campaign's operational design. A cyberspace function would enhance, support, and enable the other joint functions to provide a JFC the ability to create a 21st century operational design. Each combatant commander must effectively integrate the cyberspace domain to enable fires, intelligence, C2 and protection for 21st century warfare. Viewing cyber as the seventh function would ensure that a JFC can integrate cyberspace across the campaign's operation design. "--page vii.