Cyber Tasking Cycle

Question 1

What is the order of the Cyber Tasking Cycle?

Answer 1

1. Strategy Development
2. Target Development
3. Master Cyber Planning
4. Orders Production
5. Execution
6. Assessments
   (Repeat)

Question 2

What document describes the overall assessment of the situation, proposed mission, operational concept, prioritized operational level objectives, and a proposed commander’s intent statement?

Answer 2

CEB (Commander’s Estimate Brief)

Question 3

What document is disseminated to direct the implementation of an operational and strategic level plan?

Answer 3

OPORD (Operations Order)

Question 4

Who is responsible for Strategy Development?

Answer 4

Strategy Division (SRD)

Question 5

The Strategy Division (SRD) takes the inputs of what two documents to begin development of the Cyberspace Operations Directive (CyOD)

Answer 5

Commander’s Estimate Brief (CEB) and the Operations Order (OPORD)

Question 6

The Target Development phase is initiated by who?

Answer 6

Strategy Division (SRD)

Question 7

The plan to conduct proactive network defense will be developed using what process?

Answer 7

JOPP (Joint Operational Planning Process)

Question 8

What process identifies key items such as the commander’s intent, mission priorities, assigned assets, threat assessments, and 24 AF/CC’s operational scheme for network defense?

Answer 8

JOPP (Joint Operational Planning Process)

Question 9

The JOPP provides a seven-step proven, comprehensive, analytical methodology common across the services. What are the steps?

Answer 9

(1) Initiation
(2) Mission Analysis
(3) COA development
(4) COA analysis/wargaming
(5) COA comparison
(6) COA approval
(7) Plan/order development

Question 10

Who is responsible for the de-confliction of assets, implementation planning and the 24th AF/CCs Master Cyber Plan brief? (Phase 3 - Master Cyber Planning)

Answer 10

Combat Plans Division (CPD)

Question 11

What phase produces CTOs and CCOs to create effects?

Answer 11

Order Production

Question 12

Who is responsible for orders production?

Answer 12

CPD (Cyber Plans Division)

Question 13

Who monitors the execution of the AFTCO and CCO tasked AF units?

Answer 13

Combat Operations Division (COD)

Question 14

Who conducts an initial assessment of full-spectrum cyberspace operations resulting in a Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) report?

Answer 14

COD (Combat Operations Division)

Question 15

Who reviews the BDA, completes Measures of Effectiveness and provides re-strike considerations?

Answer 15

SRD (Strategy Division)