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Posture Statement of General Timothy D. Haugh 2024
April 12, 2024 — POSTURE STATEMENT OF GENERAL TIMOTHY D. HAUGH COMMANDER, UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND BEFORE THE 118TH CONGRESS SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 10 APRIL 2024... MORE

Championing Women, Peace and Security in U.S. Cyber Command
March 29, 2024 — The U.S. Cyber Command Women, Peace and Security monthly working group held a special observance for Women’s History Month on Thursday March 28, 2024. This meeting brought together representatives from across the command who represent the WPS as Gender Focal Point volunteers. WPS is focused on achieving gender parity and championing diversity across U.S. government organizations... MORE

Exercise CYBER GUARD 24: Sharpening Cybersecurity
March 22, 2024 — This month marked a significant stride in cybersecurity as U.S. Cyber Command’s Exercise Cyber Guard 2024 convened cyber professionals from across the command for this year’s first large scale exercise March 1-14. This goal of Cyber Guard 2024 is to hone defensive capabilities and fortify collective cyber resilience. This year’s Cyber Guard integrated into the Large Scale Global Exercise (LSGE 24) for the first time, signifying a monumental collaboration. ... MORE

JFHQ-DODIN to officially launch its new Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment Program March 1st
February 28, 2024 — Following a successful nine-month pilot, Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) will officially launch its Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment program March 1... MORE

CNMF marks a decade Defending the Nation
January 17, 2024 — Ten years ago, on Jan. 17, 2014, the Cyber National Mission Force was activated as a subordinate unit to U.S. Cyber Command with a mission to plan, direct and synchronize cyberspace operations to deter, deny, and if necessary, defeat adversary cyber actors in order to Defend the Nation... MORE

CNMF receives new commander
January 5, 2024 — During a change of command ceremony at U.S. Cyber Command Headquarters on Friday, January 5, 2024, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William J. Hartman relinquished command of the Cyber National Mission Force to U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock. A change of command is a military tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding or flag officer to another. The passing of colors, standards, or ensigns for, an outgoing commander to an incoming one ensures that the unit and its service members are never without official leadership, a continuation of trust, and also signifies an allegiance of service members to their unit’s commander. ... MORE

U.S. Marine Corp Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock addresses the audience.

Senate votes to confirm Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to lead CYBERCOM and NSA/CSS
December 21, 2023 — The U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy D. Haugh to the rank of General and to assume the duties as the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), Director, NSA/CSS. ... MORE

US, Allies Highlight Russian-State Cyber Actor “Star Blizzard” Spear-phishing Campaigns
December 7, 2023 — U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force, alongside interagency and foreign partners, issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory highlighting advanced spear-phishing campaigns from Russia-based malicious cyber actors... MORE

An illustration accompanying a joint Cybersecurity Advisory

U.S. conducts first Hunt Forward Operation in Lithuania
May 4, 2022 — At the invitation of the Lithuanian government, U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force deployed a hunt forward team to conduct defensive cyber operations alongside partner cyber forces, concluding in May. For three months, the U.S. cyber operators hunted for malicious cyber activity on key Lithuanian national defense systems and Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ networks alongside its allies. This was the first shared defensive cyber operation between Lithuanian cyber forces and CNMF in their country. ... MORE

“Cyber 9-Line” Improves Cybersecurity and Enables Election Integrity
June 9, 2020 — When Dorchester County reported a ransomware attack on a majority of its servers this past January, Maryland turned to a program recently established by U.S. Cyber Command and the National Guard... MORE

Graphic depicting incident data flow and the use of the “Cyber 9-Line