Cyberspace Mission Focus

<p>This research outlines a method of reasoning for understanding warfighting domains defining operations within a warfighting domain (primarily offensive defensive and security) and correlating that operational understanding into mission requirements within the Air Force in order to better answer the questions How do we fly fight and win in cyberspace? In doing so this research will attempt to show that what is currently coined as defensive operations on the network are in fact more properly aligned with the doctrinal definition of security in the air and land domains. Furthermore this research will focus on the inherent differences between the Air Force specific missions of Network Warfare Operations and Network Operations primarily operations vs. maintenance and how this different mission focus is misrepresented in terms of personnel and organizational structure. Finally it will in response to this misrepresentation provide brief examples of personnel and organizational changes using the air domain as a model which may better align Air Force cyberspace efforts with the ever pressing unique mission requirements resident within the domain.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>