Cybercom Cites Priorities Key to First-Year Success

"We recognize and understand the importance of being in constant contact with the enemy in this space, especially below the level of armed conflict, so we can defend ourselves and impose cost," Moore said.

 Moore said the command at one point was focusing on building up cyber teams by manning and equipping them, but that work is now largely over. "We've changed the readiness question from just building the teams to now 'How do you work with the services, who, of course, organize, train and equip our warfighting command ... to standardize what they are presenting in terms of people, in terms of how they are trained, in terms of the equipment they are presented to us with, so that we can sustain the readiness over the long term?'" Moore said.

"There's probably not a greater team sport than cyberspace operations out there," Moore said. "We recognize we can't be successful in executing our mission against any of our adversaries if we are not working very closely with our interagency partners, with our friends and allies around the globe, with industry and academia, etc."