ABSTRACT
As cyberspace becomes more essential to the execution of a wide range of military missions, achieving strategic cyberspace superiority is a concept that demands critical analysis. Department of Defense (DoD) has limited control of critical infrastructure, including lines of communication, utilities, hardware, software, and supply chains, which makes cyberspace superiority questionable. In addition, financial and knowledge capital will be needed to develop revolutionary technologies, specific to DoD applications, to offset a progressively sophisticated threat. Adequate capacity is a necessary factor in any DoD cyberspace operation, but there are inherent systemic vulnerabilities that may prevent the DoD from achieving cyberspace superiority. The DoD needs to establish resilience in infrastructure, software, hardware, supply chains, and lines of communication. The DoD must continue to improve situational awareness and protection–internally, nationwide, and of potential adversaries–by developing revolutionary technical tools in a new Internet construct.
