Defense Primer: Cyberspace Operations (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Dec. 14, 2023 |
| Report Number |
IF10537 |
| Report Type |
In Focus |
| Authors |
Catherine A. Theohary |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The Department of Defense (DOD) has defined cyberspace
as a global domain within the information environment
consisting of the interdependent network of information
technology infrastructures and resident data, including the
Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems,
and embedded processors and controllers. The DOD
Information Network (DODIN) is a global infrastructure
carrying DOD, national security, and related intelligence
community information and intelligence.
Cyberspace operations are composed of the military,
intelligence, and ordinary business operations of the DOD
in and through cyberspace. Military cyberspace operations
use cyberspace capabilities to create effects that support
operations across the physical domains and cyberspace.
Cyberspace operations differ from information operations
(IO), which are specifically concerned with the use of
information-related capabilities, such as military
information support operations or military deception,
during military operations to affect the decision making of
adversaries while protecting our own. IO may use
cyberspace as a medium, but it may also employ
capabilities from the physical domains.
