Every Soldier a Cyber Warrior: The Case for Cyber Education in the United States Army
By Lieutenant Colonel Christopher J. Heatherly, MSIV Cadet Ian Melendez
| April 30, 2019
Cyberspace represents a new domain of warfare unlike any other in military history. Cyberwarfare practitioners be they state actors, non-state actors or individual hackers, are capable of tremendous–and readily deniable–damage to an opponent’s civil or military infrastructure. While recent events have focused upon the Islamic State’s ability to use the Internet for recruiting purposes, the real danger to the West comes from its two primary competitors. The Russian and Chinese governments are suspected of using the entire spectrum of cyber warfare as both a standalone capability as well as effectively incorporating it into the more traditional domains of war.
Every Soldier a Cyber Warrior: The Case for Cyber Education in the United States Army