Ten years ago, GPS on phones was just becoming available. Self-driving cars were secretly making their way into traffic, and most people hadn't even heard of 3D printing. This was when the US Cyber Command was created to direct and coordinate cyberspace planning and operations to defend and advance national interests with domestic and international partners.
It's an understatement to say things have changed a lot since 2009, especially the cyber landscape. Though the majority of its operations are classified, it's not hard to imagine the Cyber Command has also gone through major changes over the past decade.
Anniversaries are usually an opportunity to reflect on the past and think about the future, but that's tricky to do when most of the Cyber Command's activities are essentially kept from the public's eye. And while history is known to repeat itself, cyberspace — the epitome of constant change — bucks that trend. This secrecy, conflated with the dynamic cyber landscape, makes it difficult to accurately predict what the next decade might bring for the Cyber Command and technology in general. (Seriously, who could've foreseen that a social media platform conceived by a broken-hearted student in a college dorm room would end up being a tool for skewing elections of a world superpower?)
After a recent (and rare) briefing at its new Joint Operations Center, a modicum of visibility emerged regarding the maturing Cyber Command's new "defend forward" operating philosophy. With publicly announced plans to defend the 2020 elections from foreign interference, along with authorization to operate against overseas adversaries, it's seems likely that the Cyber Command is stepping up its cyber warfare game, as it should. But wi ..
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