Improving Cyberspace Intelligence Preparations for US Army Multi-Domain Operations

Abstract

The US Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) has a mission-critical need to prepare future tactical and operational Staff Officers and Commanders for the 21st century battlefield; immediate action is needed to create an unclassified tool to equip future military leaders with the capabilities required to incorporate cyberspace considerations into the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) process in support of CGSC student training in tactical Command Post staff functions. This solution is available through DoD approved commercial off the shelf (COTS) solutions that would allow service members from all disciplines and International partners to visualize, describe, and understand the relationship of Cyberspace in Multi-Domain Operations. Project success will be measured in the level of incorporation in the CGSC curriculum, with a goal of complete integration by 2021. This project is mission critical order to empower Army Commander's and their staffs to apply and successfully maneuver through the Information Environment of the 21st Century.