Cyber operations have a long and storied history that has evolved tremendously over the last few decades. Cyber operations, and in particular its subset of cyber warfare, came into realization during the 1980s, took-off as an information-gathering mechanism during the late 1990s and early 2000s, then became militarized and still is to this day. Two major incidents that characterize the late 1990s and early 2000s are the Moonlight Maze and the Stuxnet incidents, respectively. Cyber operations were performed throughout each of these incidents.
In this assignment, you will describe the goals and objectives of cyber operations,
Describe the goals and objectives of each of the seven stages of cyber operations, defined for this assignment as:
Target recognition.
Reconnaissance.
Gaining access.
Hiding presence.
Establishing persistence.
Execution.
Assessment.
