Duration: 3 Days
In this advanced cyber operations/cyber warfare (CO/CW) Boot Camp, you will gain the strategy and planning foundation needed for military leaders, CEOs, managers, senior contractors, and directors of critical infrastructure, along with senior agency personnel, a unique and informed understanding of cyber as a warfighting domain, to lead organizations through today and tomorrow's contested cyber environment.
Certification: CSFI-CCOSP certification
What You Will Learn
- Advanced skills needed for practical and dynamic CO/CW strategy and planning
- Prepare for and achieve CSFI Cyberspace Operations Strategist and Planner (CSFI-CCOSP) certification
Audience
- Cyber leaders from industry, government, and the military
- Combat Arms/EW/Intel/Infantry/Communications/Signals Officers transitioning into cyber roles with federal, state, and local governments, contracting positions, and industry with focus on critical systems and infrastructure
Prerequistes
CSFI: Introduction to Cyber Warfare or a military/government/cyber background deemed equivalent by CSFI
Course Outline
1. History of Cyber
- Short history of the cyber concept, including how cyber became a warfighting domain
- When cyber warfare began; a modern form of warfare and conflict
2. Cyber Operations: Operate, Defend, Offense
3. Convergence of Cyber and Electronic Warfare
- Are they separate domains and should they be?
4. War Strategy
- Importance of understanding the foundational theories of war strategy for leaders at all echelons of cyber operations
5. Cyber Deterrence
- Is there such a thing, if so, what does it look like?
- What and who are we trying to deter?
6. Game Theory
- For every action there is a reaction: a modern leader must be thinking more than one move at a time
7. Effects-Based Operation (EBO)
- Understanding the causal linkages between events, actions, and results
8. Critical Infrastructure and National Security
- 18 critical infrastructure sectors and applied cyber strategy
9. Cyber ISR
- Intelligence is key to effective operations
10. Cyber Support to Military Operations
- Strategic, operational, and tactical support
11. Planning: Interagency and Joint Process
- Critical to coordinated efforts across the government, allies, and DOD
12. Deliberate Planning
- Preparation of plans that occur in non-crisis situations
13. Crisis Action Planning (CAP) and Contingency Planning
- CAP procedures provide for the rapid and effective exchange of information and analysis and the timely preparation of courses of action to consider
- Considerations of branches and sequels in cyber warfare
14. Strategy to Task
- Once you have a strategy, the operational objectives and tactical tasks that must be accomplished in the campaign for success
15. Cyber Assessment
- Measures of performance
- Measures of effectiveness,
- Success indicators
16. Strategy and Planning Certification Exercise
Course Labs
On the afternoon of the last day, you will participate in a three-hour long certification exercise.
