In response to the changing face of warfare, the U.S. Cyber Command was recently elevated to a combatant command. U.S. Cyber Command, which has been a subunified command under U.S. Strategic Command, was established in 2009 in response to the rapidly evolving threats, with adversaries seeking to exploit the cyber domain to attack the United States and its allies. The elevation of the command raises the stature of the commander to a peer level with other unified combatant command commanders, allowing the CYBERCOM commander to report directly to the secretary of defense.

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