Citation[]
Future Warfare: Army Is Preparing for Cyber and Electronic Warfare Threats, but Needs to Fully Assess the Staffing, Equipping, and Training of New Organizations (GAO-19-570) (Aug. 15, 2019) (full-text).
Overview[]
Great powers — particularly China and Russia — and other adversaries pose current and future threats to the nation. The Defense Department is preparing to meet those threats where they arise, including the cyber domain.
The Army's preparations include new cyber and electronic warfare units. Some of these units are being created on an accelerated schedule, and in some cases, activated before cyber training and equipment have been updated. Those units are short of people and the Army faces competition finding people with in-demand cyber skills.
The GAO recommended that the Army comprehensively assess the risk of accelerating the creation of the new units.