UNCLASSIFIED Navy Cryptologic Cyber Warfare Community Vision Leading practitioners of the art and science of Information Warfare Delivering outcomes across all domains of warfare UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 8 FEB 2019 Team To generate our potential as a community to support the Navy and Nation in the ways we have been asked we’ve got to stand on some common ground and be pointed in the same general direction We must have a notion of who we are who we have been who we are striving to be and how we fit into – and lead – the larger Navy and Joint Force We will always have healthy debate I recognize that any vision we produce even collaboratively will not address everything to everyone’s desired level of satisfaction That is why we continue to communicate Our venture onto Slackâã has mostly been about getting us to communicate I’ve watched thought about and at times weighed in on various threads mostly I’ve tried to just listen to the trends The vision you are about to read is just a start Like our community itself it isn’t perfect We need to be real with ourselves and understand that While we have accomplished much over our history we have much to aspire to and I know we can achieve it In the spirit of being a learning community I think that will always be the case No matter where you serve—lead act and innovate with confidence Drive us forward toward our vision with integrity professionalism and ingenuity May this serve to center us to focus us to empower action but never to constrain our creativity and imagination of the future ine not m e r a s ord ing w e’ve only ed I w o l l s o The f e yours W ’ve expres for r u – a They d what yo ze all of it i e r n g u t o cap rec you’ll k n i h t ade it you m With deepest respect TIMOTHY J WHITE VADM USN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Forward The Navy is in the distributed maritime operations business—the power projection business The mobile and non-mobile Cryptologic Cyber Warfare team whether on the waterfront shore joint or national does critical work every day in this domain To be clear I see the Cyber Warfare Engineer community—that we are on a path to expand—as inextricably linked with Cryptologic Warfare and Cyber Operations To be successful we must connect communicate and collaborate across our distributed formation We do not exist alone nor operate in isolation We are part of a greater community the Information Warfare Community and that community is better together more resilient robust ready and lethal when integrated Our vision is intended to be open clear and concise To serve as an aligning narrative for our community No matter where a single individual member of our community finds themselves in time or space or mission or network they know with certainty our course and are empowered to move out Today we find ourselves in great power competition We must win the counter-C5ISRT challenge in a battlespace of close continuous contact against multiple adversaries while facing complicated challenges and unanticipated problems We must work with all of the Information Warfare Community to own our data systems and networks We must possess knowledge of adversary capabilities and intent We must undermine their capabilities and their ability to know ours Our focus is on defeating their decision-making and their systems We must fully commit to strengthening the Information Warfare Enterprise We must view the network as a warfighting platform—our platform We must be prepared for the seamless simultaneity of defense and attack and to hold the enemy’s space at risk We have always contributed to the Navy and our Nation’s security because of our relevance to critical decisions affecting national security through our expertise in SIGINT Cyber and EW That expertise is found in technical depth and valued in operational relevance We routinely demonstrate these strengths globally at sea and in support of Navy and Joint Force Commanders every day These operations are here today You are leading them We will aim for a future where we use sensors weapons systems and information to generate outcomes—passively and actively in all domains as part of continuous campaigns This vision is not static We must evolve as the entire IW Community evolves in the context of today’s strategic competition and the rapidly advancing and changing domains we operate in UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED The Imperative We are the Navy’s preeminent professionals in Signals Intelligence SIGINT Cyberspace Operations CO and Electronic Warfare EW —these are our disciplines We principally operate in the domains of cyberspace the electromagnetic spectrum and space Across all disciplines and domains at our core we are competitors and warfighters—we have an adversarial mindset Those who oppose our Nation’s principles values and interests are growing more capable in these disciplines and venturing further into and farther afield across these domains They seek to challenge to complete and to hold us at risk Our skillsets are needed today more than ever In the present we must compete in close and continuous contact with potential adversaries In the future we may be called upon to defeat our adversaries and triumph in that competition We cannot fail to be ready We must sense defend and bring striking power in and through cyberspace space and the electromagnetic spectrum We will do this by exceptionalism in our disciplines Our boundaries are blurry so be ready to operate seamlessly across them—to integrate with others to achieve outcomes across all domains not just those we are most comfortable with Figure 1 illustrates a view of our domains and related factors Figure 1 A View of Our Domains UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Our Mission Deliver competitive outcomes in all domains of warfare through the application of Cyberspace Operations CO Signals Intelligence SIGINT and Electronic Warfare EW To support and defend US interests operate as a fully integrated part of the Information Warfare Community IWC by optimizing combat power through integrating the elements of Assured Command and Control AC2 Battlespace Awareness and Integrated Fires To do this we must coalesce with all elements of the IWC— intelligence METOC communications cryptology and cyber warfare engineers Our community plays a critical role Our Vision Deliver Outcomes Whether at the tactical operational or strategic level be the expert–deliver relevant outcomes Maximize Lethality For the Navy and the Joint Force Maneuver Danger Close We are in close and continuous contact with our competitors whether in Cyberspace or the Electromagnetic Spectrum—be proficient in our fundamentals vigilant and engaged Integrate Fully integrate with and across the Information Warfare Community IWC and operate as part of a unified Information Warfare Enterprise IWE Operate Forward Embrace and master our role at the tactical level of war within the Information Warfare Commander construct Create and Control Maneuver Advantage We are always on the move in a dynamic environment competing against determined counterparts—innovate and adapt with agility to create advantage at the time and place of our choosing Manage Risk Don’t be risk adverse be risk aware Responsibly and professionally manage risk while innovating to advance the execution of our disciplines Be Bold Nothing ventured nothing gained—be bold and creative Don’t wait to be told what to do seek out hard problems build support deliver solutions Be Force Multipliers Enhance the application and range of conventional Navy and Joint firepower forward Be Exceptional Start out by mastering one or more of our disciplines and then expand your view through our integration across the IWC Lead with a boundless perspective Be Resilient We are competing today ready to fight when called upon capable of facing adversity head-on and bouncing back from it Build Relevant Expertise Never stop growing and learning Develop the expertise across our talent base that is relevant to our mission now and in the future Aggressively Manage Our Talent Be proactive and collaborative Listen and find opportunities to grow and retain our talent Create the opportunities for them to become exceptional UNCLASSIFIED