Strategic Analysis for Cyber Domain Integration with Physical Domains for Multiple Security and Defense Missions

Abstract

Modern warfare encompasses both the physical and cybernetic realms. Today's armed forces face threats in multiple domains, such as land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. As such, integrating cyber operations with operations in the physical domains has become essential to achieving advantages on the battlefield. The U.S. doctrine of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) proposes countering simultaneous threats in all domains of warfare through the convergence of effects and forces. However, many allied countries still face challenges in fully incorporating cyber capabilities into their conventional operations. This article analyzes the importance of integrating the cyber domain with the physical domains in security and defense operations, based on the U.S. Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) doctrine, regional case studies, and hemispheric trends, in order to guide Latin American and Caribbean countries in building multi-mission capabilities against hybrid threats.

Keywords:
Domain; Multi-Domain Operations (OMD); Cyber Warfare; Cyber-Physical Systems (SCF); Generative Artificial Intelligence (IAG)