The Second International Cyber Symposium: Session Six

1. 19/10/2016
CLAS generaals 30-10-2015 1
Integrating Cyber
Capabilities into
Full Spectrum
Operations
BGen prof Paul Ducheine
NLD Defence Academy
University of Amsterdam
@PaulDucheine
Ministry of Defence
2
Content
• The Scene
• National Power (DIME)
• Cyberspace
• Military operations
• Full Spectrum Operations?
• Moral component
• Conceptual component
• Physical component
• Close
The scene: National Power (DIME)
Ministry of Defence
4
The scene: Cyberspace
‘all entities … digitally … connected’
• Persons
• Virtual identities (Cyber persona)
• Virtual objects (Cyber objects)
• Protocols,
Firmware, (Software)
Operating Systems,
Applications
• Data (Data content)
• Objects (Hardware)
• Geographical locations
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The scene: Military operations
Ministry of Defence
6
Content
• The Scene
• National Power (DIME)
• Cyberspace
• Military operations
• Full Spectrum Operations?
• Moral component
• Conceptual component
• Physical component
• Close

2. 19/10/2016
CLAS generaals 30-10-2015 2
Full Spectrum Operations: Physical Component
Issues?
• Testing means & methods
• Approval means & methods
• Training & Exercises
Personnel
• High tech & Low tech
• Hard Cyber & Soft Cyber
• Cyber Infrastructure
• Targeting packages
• Content for Soft Cyber Ops
Full Spectrum Operations: Conceptual Component
• Hard & Soft Cyber Ops
• Understand Cyberspace
• Understand cognitive &
informational processes
• Offensive or defensive?
• Effects!!
• Disruptive & constructive
• Typecasting
• Strategic & Tactical assets/use
• Organizing within Government
• Organizing within MoD
• Weapon release authority
• Manoeuvring
• Synchronizing Full Spectrum
Ops
• Synchronize Tech & Ops
Main effort?
9
“In military terms,
for Al Qaida the
‘main effort’ is
information;
…
for us, information is a
‘supporting effect’.”
Full Spectrum Operations: Moral Component
Culture:
• Kinetic preoccupation
• High tech focus
• Soft Cyber (InfoOps) focus?
• Enemy centric
• Departmentalism
• Doctrinal rigidness
• Risk avoidance
• Centralisation
• Intelligence approach vs.
Manoeuvrist approach
Ministry of Defence
11
Content
• The Scene
• National Power (DIME)
• Cyberspace
• Military operations
• Full Spectrum Operations?
• Moral component
• Conceptual component
• Physical component
• Close
Integrating Cyber
Capabilities into
Full Spectrum
Operations
Start
Manoeuvring in
all environments
Able, capable,
willing

3. 19/10/2016
CLAS generaals 30-10-2015 3
Full Spectrum Operations
‘Unrestricted Warfare’
“One hacker + one
modem causes an
enemy damage and
losses almost equal to
those of a war.”
Q. Liang & W. Xiangsui,
Unrestricted Warfare
(org. 1999)
17
DCC/TECH
Execution
Preparation
Order
Reconnaissance
Operational
Planning
Activity
Effect
Purpose
End-
state
Planning
Decision
Decision
Design
DCC/OPS
Decision
Transport
Intrusion
Control
Action
Maintenance
Exfiltration
Accountability