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Executive Summary<br />
Command (USCYBERCOM) synchronizes and directs<br />
transregional operations and, in coordination with<br />
combatant commands (CCMDs), Joint Staff (JS), and<br />
Office of Secretary of Defense, liaises with other United<br />
States Government (USG) departments and agencies, and<br />
members of the defense industrial base in conjunction<br />
with the Department of Homeland Security. Similarly, as<br />
directed, DOD will deploy necessary resources to support<br />
efforts of other USG departments and agencies.<br />
Authorities<br />
Roles and Responsibilities<br />
Authority for actions undertaken by the Armed Forces of<br />
the United States is derived from the US Constitution and<br />
Federal law. These authorities establish roles and<br />
responsibilities that provide focus for organizations to<br />
develop capabilities and expertise, including those for<br />
cyberspace.<br />
SecDef directs the military, intelligence, and ordinary<br />
business operations of DOD in cyberspace; and, provides<br />
policy guidance and authority for employment of<br />
assigned, attached, and supporting military forces<br />
conducting cyberspace missions.<br />
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) ensures<br />
that cyberspace plans and operations are compatible with<br />
other military plans.<br />
Service Chiefs [Services] will provide CO capabilities<br />
for deployment/support to CCMDs as directed by<br />
SecDef; and, remain responsible for compliance with<br />
USSTRATCOM’s direction for operation and defense of<br />
the DODIN.<br />
Commander, United States Strategic Command<br />
(CDRUSSTRATCOM), has overall responsibility for<br />
DODIN operations and defense in coordination with<br />
CJCS, the Service Chiefs, and CCDRs.<br />
CDRUSSTRATCOM is responsible for CO to secure,<br />
operate, and defend the DODIN, and to defend US<br />
critical cyberspace assets, systems, and functions as<br />
directed by the President or SecDef, against any intrusion<br />
or attack, and does so through a subunified command,<br />
USCYBERCOM.<br />
Other Combatant Commanders operate and defend<br />
tactical and constructed networks within their commands;<br />
and, integrate CO capabilities into all military operations;<br />
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