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Report on Use of Force in Cyberspace

The following is the Dec. 10, 2021, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Use of Force in Cyberspace.

From the report

There are no internationally accepted criteria yet for determining whether a nation state cyberattack is a use of force equivalent to an armed attack, which could trigger a military response. Likewise, no international, legally binding instruments have yet been drafted explicitly to regulate inter-state relations in cyberspace. Self-defense and countermeasures for armed...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/21/report-on-use-of-force-in-cyberspace

Cyber Presence Operations Key to Pentagon’s Gray Zone Conflict with China

Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) battle watch captains and current operations officers provide the watchstanders and incident responders on the current status of Large Scale Exercise 2021 (LSE 21) on Aug. 5, 2021. US Navy Photo

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday believes the best way to counter Chinese gray zone cyber operations is to “be in the way” as the Navy is by operating forward in the Indo-Pacific region.

“I see the Chinese in the physical [domain], in the maritime,”...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/06/cyber-presence-operations-key-to-pentagons-gray-zone-conflict-with-china

New Cyber Office Will Unify NAVSEA’s Digital Efforts

Vice Adm. Tom Moore has listed “cyber” as a top priority for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) since assuming command four years ago, but despite the emphasis, the organization hadn’t found a way to define and pursue cyber and digital issues in any kind of unified way.

Even after nudging from former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson to get after digital transformation, Moore found that NAVSEA’s chief information office was handling shipboard network issues one way, program...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/27/new-cyber-office-will-unify-navseas-digital-efforts

Navy, DoD Networks Strained Under Telework Demand; Leaders Ask ‘Limit use of REPLY TO ALL’

Airman 1st Class Thomas Schoening, a Cyber Transport Systems airman, poses for a photograph in the server room at the 153d Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard Base, Cheyenne, Wyo., on Nov. 1, 2019. AIr Guard Photo

The Defense Department’s mandatory and voluntary work-from-home push this week to protect the workforce from the COVID-19 virus is straining IT systems, even as the government is asking employees to make modifications to limit their consumption of network resources.

The Joint Force...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/19/navy-dod-networks-strained-under-telework-demand-leaders-ask-limit-use-of-reply-to-all

CNO Gilday Wants Every New Sailor Tested For Cyber Skills Aptitude

The Navy needs cyber experts, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday wants the service to test every incoming sailor for digital savvy.

The Navy is beefing up its cyber capabilities but needs more expertise in the ranks to improve these digital capabilities on an appropriate scale for the fleet. While the service continues recruiting new sailors with cyber skills, Gilday wants to cast a wider net for men and women who, with proper training, could excel in the digital realm.

“We took a...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/18/cno-gilday-wants-every-new-sailor-tested-for-cyber-skills-aptitude

SECNAV: Navy Must Take Lead In Providing Industrial Base Cybersecurity

US Air Force photo illustration

CAPITOL HILL – Securing the vast data-sharing network used by the Department of the Navy and its industrial base will require a significant investment of time and expertise from the department, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Spencer told the House Armed Service Committee that Navy’s data continues to be vulnerable and securing it will require an ongoing partnership between the department and industry.

“One of the most...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/10/secnav-navy-must-take-lead-in-providing-industrial-base-cybersecurity