Cyber Primer

Cyber functions
b. Defence Assurance and Information Security (DAIS) is the Defence
lead for information assurance. The Joint Information Assurance
Coordination Cell (JIACC) coordinates all non-accreditation activity.
c. The Joint Security Coordination Centre (JSyCC) is part of DAIS,
they conduct and coordinate all MOD information security incident
management and related risk analysis activity.
3.20. An effective approach to information sharing and interoperability of
cyber activity requires information and intelligence to be shared. A balance
must be struck between the ‘need to protect’ for security and the ‘need to
share’ for mission success. Operations security is critical for effective cyber
operations and must never be compromised.
Cyber littorals
3.21. Much of the early and continuing cyber capability development is
a result of innovation from communities within other areas of traditional
war fighting. These other capabilities (where data is understood and
manipulated in other ways) can be referred to as cyber littorals. The nature
of cyberspace is such that it is closely integrated with the maritime, land,
and air and space environments (as shown in Figure 3.2) and has symbiotic
relationships with other military capabilities. These include:
• information operations (Info Ops) and information activities; 42
• electromagnetic activities (EMA); 43
• signals intelligence (SIGINT); and
• communication and information systems (CIS).
3.22. These capabilities use different approaches where data is both
manipulated and understood. Such capabilities will need to be managed to
achieve success on military operations.
42 Such as psychological operations, deception and operations security.
43 For the context of this Primer, electromagnetic activities is limited to electromagnetic
spectrum operations and electromagnetic warfare.
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