Cyber defense

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38 Military cyber defense is the organized capability of the armed forces prepared to fight in cyberspace. It is the base and foundation of the national cyber defense that can also rely on other State powers (political, economic, diplomatic, etc) when the occasion requires it. It includes defensive, exploitative and offensive activities.
Cyber defense and related disciplines
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The concept of cyber defense is often misunderstood and assimilated to other overlapping disciplines, making the design and development of a cyber force and its effective integration into the armed forces and national cyber defense difficult.
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Disciplines especially related to cyber defense are cyber operations, computer network operations (CNO), cyber security, information operations, electronic warfare, psychological operations and strategic communication. The best way to differentiate them is to study their purpose.
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Cyber operations focus primarily on the mission on causing effects that facilitate mission objectives. Cyber defense is a broader concept that includes cyber operations as the central axis, along with all the command, technical, logistical and administrative capabilities necessary for planning and conducting them.
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Computer network operations is an obsolete concept that can be assimilated to cyber operations, but focused exclusively on cyber effects, not considering the physical effects on people or facilities.
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Cybersecurity focuses on the protection and recovery of its own IT networks and systems.
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Information operations focus on information, primarily on achieving information superiority and influence. One of the aims of cyber defense is to protect its own information and affect the adversary’s, but cyber defense has many more objectives.
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Electronic warfare focuses exclusively on the electromagnetic spectrum, in any activity that involves the use of the electromagnetic spectrum and directed-energy weapons to control the spectrum, attack an opponent, or protect against attacks across the spectrum.
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Psychological operations focus on people and are often very helpful and provide support to cyber operations.
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Strategic communication focuses on communication and, naturally, cyberspace is possibly the best way to manage communication. But it is not the only one.
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All these related disciplines have aspects that fit into or support cyber defense, although using different means and different professional qualifications. Therefore, it is necessary to consider them in cyber defense and establish ways of coordination and collaboration.
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Cyber defense is a discipline that is specialized in the use of cyberspace and therefore it can be helpful in achieving the objectives of the related disciplines. The opposite is also true, the related disciplines can be helpful to cyber defense.

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