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The United States Navy is at risk.
Right now.
This very minute.
Wave after wave of unwanted intrusions.
Capable of striking anywhere on the planet
including right here at home.
The probes are invisible
but they could potentially cripple our forces
with as much devastation as any bomb or missile.
This is all occurring in cyberspace the worldwide domain
where communications, intelligence gathering,
kinetic operations, logistics and command and control
can be threatened at network speed.
But the U.S. Navy stands ready to repel this threat,
and to maintain superiority in this new operational domain.
The cyber warriors of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command
and U.S. Tenth Fleet help operate and assure
the security of Navy networks around the world
providing powerful cyber capabilities
necessary for warfighting superiority across
the full spectrum of military operations.
Any entity with access to the internet
can operate in cyberspace,
including criminals, terrorist, hacktivists,
and nations large and small.
As vast as the internet has become,
cyberspace is even larger,
with virtually all commerce and communications
passing through electronic networks.
From GPS Systems to wireless phones,
credit card scanners
to automatic climate control systems and the U.S. power grid
all are vulnerable to cyber attack.
And so is our military.
Each day, the Department of Defense, alone,
receives 6 million probes.
The traditional operational domains
of Maritime, Land, Air and Space
have definite boundaries that separate one from the other.
But a fifth operational domain,
cyberspace, crosses all domains.
Cyberspace is where the battles of the future
will be won or lost.
Tenth Fleet is no stranger to unconventional missions.
In World War II, submarines were the new menace,
changing the very conventions of naval combat.
Tenth Fleet was formed to counter that threat,
unifying intelligence and operations
in one command for the first time.
Today's Tenth Fleet continues that tradition.
The Chief of Naval Operations
established U.S. Fleet Cyber Command
and recommissioned U.S. Tenth Fleet
as the Navy's central operational authority
for cyber, electronic warfare, networks, cryptology,
signals intelligence, and information operations.
This represents a landmark transition
in the evolution of Naval Warfare,
bringing information to the forefront
of the Navy's 21st century arsenal.
Almost every operation on board a naval vessel
functions in cyberspace.
It is the primary medium for Navy command and control,
communications, computer, combat systems
and intelligence capabilities.
All these systems must function effectively
even in the face of degradation or outright attack.
That's the job of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command
and U.S. Tenth Fleet.
To assure Command and Control, the Navy must maintain
"Dynamic Situational Awareness"
this is constant and total awareness, in real-time,
of the state of our networks and communications capabilities.
SAILOR: I'm seeing a drop in capacity centered
in the typhoon off Japan,
we need to re-route our traffic
until we can make sure it's still reliable.
NARRATOR: An extension of Dynamic Situational Awareness
is "Dynamic Network Defense",
the ability to proactively counter intrusions
or hostile acts against our networks
before they disrupt our operations,
and to seamlessly maintain continuity
of command and control.
SAILOR ONE: Battle Watch Captain,
I'm detecting a large amount of traffic
flowing into the Fifth Fleet MOC.
SAILOR TWO: Sir, our network sensor grid is indicating
a malicious signature there as well.
I believe they're probing our premise router
and are getting ready to launch a Denial of Service Attack.
OFFICER IN CHARGE: Block that incoming source IP address
and have INTEL pass it to the U.S. Cybercom J2.
SAILOR TWO: Yes, sir.
Sir, we got 'em.
OFFICER IN CHARGE: Good work.
NARRATOR: Dynamic Network Defense
and Situational Awareness
are necessary to enable Tenth Fleet's third responsibility:
"Full Spectrum Cyberspace Operations".
This refers to a wide range of non-kinetic effects
that can be used independently
or to complement kinetic actions.
Cyberspace operations
can be as effective as a bomb or missile
but can be conducted
from virtually anywhere on the planet, in real-time.
The Sailors of Tenth Fleet are cyber warriors,
conducting operations in a critical modern domain.
They are a force multiplier
for both kinetic and non-kinetic Naval operations
delivering timely, mission-critical information
and capabilities
to our commanders and operating forces worldwide.
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