Army CIO issues cybersecurity service providers alignment guidance

The policy memo states that Army Cyber Command, or ARCYBER, and the Army Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, or C5ISR, Center are the only two certified and authorized CSSPs in the military branch.

According to the document, ARCYBER has the first right of refusal for providing CSSP services and will refer organizations to C5ISR for any services it is unable to provide.

The commanding general of ARCYBER serves as the Army’s appointed directive authority for cyberspace operations, or DACO, and provides general CSSP services.

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