| Human Capital Management for the USAF Cyber Force |
Jan 2010 |
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Lynn M Scott; Raymond E Conley; Richard Mesic; Edward O'Connell; Darren D Medlin; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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 | In late 2006, the Air Force announced that cyberspace would constitute a new mission domain for the service, along with air and space domains. Since that announcement, the Air Force has developed an organizational construct in which Air Force Space Command will oversee the preparation of combat-ready forces to conduct sustained offensive and defensive global operations in and through cyberspace and will present cyberspace forces to combatant commanders through a ... |
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| Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) Decision Support |
Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
Richard Mesic; Myron Hura; Martin C Libicki; Anthony M Packard; Lynn M Scott; RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ARLINGTON VA
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| Many important issues need to be resolved. The Air Force needs to * articulate its cyber goals and objectives more clearly * identify strategies, missions, and tasks within its purview * continue to develop cyberforces with capabilities to ensure Air Force-specific needs are met. We believe there is more to military cyberoperations than those outlined for the more-limited defensive cybersecurity initiatives across the government overall. The regional and functional COCOMs ... |
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| Courses of Action for Enhancing USAF 'Irregular Warfare' Capabilities: A Functional Solutions Analysis |
Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
Richard Mesic; David E Thaler; David Ochmanek; Leon Goodson; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph documents a quick-turn study to assist Air Force leadership in determining actions to enhance USAF capabilities and capacities for joint and combined operations in irregular warfare. The Secretary of Defense has directed the military services to come forward with operational and force structure initiatives to rebalance their forces across IW and conventional-warfare mission areas. According to this direction, U.S. forces must be prepared to conduct IW operations for ... |
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| Future Roles of U.S. Nuclear Forces: Implications for U.S. Strategy |
2003 |
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| Authors:
Glenn C. Buchan; David Matonick; Calvin Shipbaugh; Richard Mesic; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This study examines the possible roles of nuclear weapons in contemporary U.S. national security policy. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been reexamining its basic assumptions about foreign policy and various instruments of national security policy to define its future needs. Nowhere is such an examination more important than in the nuclear arena. |
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| The Vulnerability Assessment & Mitigation Methodology |
2003 |
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| Authors:
Philip S. Anton; Robert H. Anderson; Richard Mesic; Michael Scheiern; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| As information systems become increasingly important to the functions of organizations, security and reliable operation of these systems are also becoming increasingly important. Interoperability, information sharing, collaboration, design imperfections, limitations, and the like lead to vulnerabilities that can endanger information system security and operation. Unfortunately, understanding an organization's reliance on information systems, the vulnerabilities of these systems, and how to mitigate the vulnerabilities has been a daunting challenge, especially for ... |
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| Metrics for the Quadrennial Defense Review's Operational Goals |
2003 |
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| Authors:
Charles Kelley; Paul Davis; Bruce Bennett; Elwyn Harris; Richard Hundley; Eric Larson; Richard Mesic; Michael Miller; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Department of Defense has adopted a capabilities-based approach to defense planning for transforming the U.S. military to meet newly emerging national security challenges. Capabilities-based planning focuses on developing the general wherewithal to fight successfully in a wide range of circumstances rather than only in stereotyped scenarios. The 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review highlighted what it called six specific operational goals for the focus of the transformation. It then sought metrics ... |
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