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ISBN: 1634844432 9781634844437 9781634844420 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York

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Authorities and Options for Funding USSOCOM Operations
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ISBN: 0833087150 9780833087157 0833085069 9780833085061 Year: 2014 Publisher: RAND Corporation

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This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders.


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The Other Quiet Professionals: Lessons for Future Cyber Forces from the Evolution of Special Forces
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ISBN: 0833088009 0833088025 0833059734 9780833088024 9780833059734 9780833088000 Year: 2014 Publisher: RAND Corporation

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With the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command, the cyber force is gaining visibility and authority, but challenges remain, particularly in the areas of acquisition and personnel recruitment and career progression. A review of commonalities, similarities, and differences between the still-nascent U.S. cyber force and early U.S. special operations forces, conducted in 2010, offers salient lessons for the future direction of U.S. cyber forces.

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Computer networks -- Security measures -- United States -- Planning. --- Cyberspace -- Security measures -- United States -- Planning. --- Cyberterrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- Planning. --- Information warfare -- United States. --- Special forces (Military science) -- United States -- History. --- U.S. Special Operations Command -- History. --- United States. Strategic Command (2002- ). Cyber Command -- History. --- Cyberspace --- Computer networks --- Cyberterrorism --- Information warfare --- Special forces (Military science) --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Military Science - General --- Planning --- Security measures --- Prevention --- History --- Planning. --- United States. --- U.S. Special Operations Command --- History. --- Computer security --- Attacks on computers --- Computer attacks --- Cyber attacks --- Cyber terrorism --- Cyber war --- Cyberwarfare --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Computer privacy --- Computer system security --- Computer systems --- Computers --- Cyber security --- Cybersecurity --- Electronic digital computers --- Security of computer systems --- U.S. Cyber Command --- US Cyber Command --- USCYBERCOM --- CYBERCOM --- US Special Operations Command --- USSOCOM --- SOCOM --- Protection of computer systems --- Protection --- Computer crimes --- Terrorism --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Electronic data processing --- Network computers --- Data protection --- Security systems --- Hacking --- Distributed processing --- Space and time --- Telematics --- Electronic terrorism (Cyberterrorism)

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