ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

The cyber battlefield is already “very active,” with many nations and nonstate groups displaying offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, a senior Army intelligence officer said.

Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, Army Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr., the Defense Intelligence Agency director, said he’s concerned that in a world filled with systems that are connected by the internet, the level of oncoming reconnaissance “creates a degree of vulnerability.”

The U.S. Army Cyber Command’s talent acquisition expert is raising awareness about the role of culture and meaningful work as the organization tries to attract and retain in-demand talent.

The new buzzword when it comes to cyber electromagnetic activities teams is integration.

These so-called CEMA teams bring a “combined arms effect inside cyberspace” by integrating personnel who specialize in cyber, military intelligence, electronic warfare, signals intelligence and space into teams that operate with brigades at training centers and home stations, said Maj. Gen. John B. Morrison Jr., commander of the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Ga., during a Cyber Hot Topic symposium at the Association of the U.S. Army.

Flexibility and trust are required for the Army to gain superiority in the cyber domain, a top Army general said Dec. 13.

The U.S. needs to worry as much or more about threats in the digital domain as it does about protecting physical borders, says John O. Brennan, former director of the CIA.

The internet, and everything that connects to it, provides a growing number of new avenues for exploitation by adversaries and people who want to do harm, Brennan said.