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US Cyber Command advances on platform to consolidate its myriad tools and data

C4ISRNET: Details surrounding a major cyber capability being built for U.S. Cyber Command have been closely held since the program’s inception years ago. To date, what has been disclosed about the innocuously named system is that it will consolidate and standardize the variety of big-data tools used by Cyber Command and its subordinate units so forces can more easily share information, build common tools, and conduct mission planning and analysis.

Unified Platform is maturing alongside its eventual user, Cyber Command and its forces, and its role and capabilities are coming into clearer view. The platform is slated to serve as the connective tissue for the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture, or JCWA, a critical step in the evolution of Cyber Command as a stand-alone entity with its own personnel, tools and infrastructure. As Cyber Command was building out, it was heavily reliant on tools, personnel and infrastructure from the NSA, for which the two are still co-located.

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