Trump’s cyber workforce order gets bipartisan praise politico com newsletters morning-cybersecurity 2019 05 03 trumps-cyber-workforce-order-gets-bipartisan-praise-608298 Mary Lee is a legislative reporter for POLITICO She graduated from Northwestern University with a master's degree in Journalism Before diving into journalism she taught English on three different continents She also holds degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Education By MARY LEE mlee@politico com @maryjylee 05 03 2019 10 00 AM EDT With help from Laurens Cerulus Eric Geller Jordyn Hermani and David Brown QUICK FIX — Declassified documents detail the evolution of CYBERCOM’s Cyber Mission Force shedding light on the little-known processes linking broad doctrine and strategy to tactical operations Driving the Day A PEEK INSIDE CYBERCOM — The National Security Archive released a trove of documents today that give fresh insight into the Cyber Command’s Cyber Mission Force The documents acquired by FOIA declassification reveal the development of the military’s offensive cyber force delineate mission essential tasks and examine how government shutdowns affected the CYBERCOM training process The documents offer details on CYBERCOM’s standard operating procedures for offensive cyber under each mission essential task and operational process They also indicate how the military selects and prioritizes targets as well as what goes into a Cyberspace Strike Package the product submitted to a commander before deciding whether to execute a mission in cyberspace Plus a November 2015 DoD inspector general report identifies several weaknesses in its unified strategy and approach for developing capabilities including a lack of “appropriate authorities to effectively oversee and direct offensive capability development ” That’s all for today Stay in touch with the whole team Mike Farrell mfarrell@politico com @mikebfarrell Eric Geller egeller@politico com @ericgeller Martin Matishak mmatishak@politico com @martinmatishak and Tim Starks tstarks@politico com @timstarks The National Security Archive 2130 H Street NW Suite 701 Washington DC 20037 www nsarchive org