§484 Quarterly cyber operations briefings

Summary

The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (or their designees) must give the congressional defense committees a briefing every quarter on all offensive and major defensive military cyber operations the Department of Defense carried out in the prior quarter, including secret cyber activities. Each briefing must give separate updates for each geographic and functional command about the operations they ran and the defensive work to protect forces, networks, and equipment; explain applicable legal authorities and any new presidential directives or delegations since the last briefing; describe big operational challenges from major adversaries or problems found; and assess the readiness of the Cyber Mission Forces, covering people, equipment, training, capacity, and condition using both numbers and judgment in a way common to all military departments and consistent with readiness reporting under section 482 of this title. The presenters may add other relevant topics. Each briefing must include a classified placemat that summarizes the command updates, legal authorities, and readiness, and an unclassified memo that summarizes the briefing.