Germany outlines plan to create Bundeswehr cyber command

A German Bundeswehr armed forces pilot operator (L) and an aerial vehicle operator control a Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on a mission, from their Advance Ground Control Station at the Marmal army camp in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan December 11, 2012. German air forces are using the reconnaissance drone aircraft for the ongoing International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN – Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT) – RTR3BG35

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen outlined on 26 April a plan to establish a dedicated cyber and information command by merging the Bundeswehr’s current cyber and IT units.

The Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum (Cyber and Information Space Command) will be responsible for cyber, IT, military intelligence, geo-information, and operative communication. It will be headed from 1 April 2017 by a lieutenant-general.

Its 13,500 personnel will come from other military services and organisations, including 12,800 from the Bundeswehr’s Streitkräftebasis (support command). Some 300 personnel will be in the cyber and information command and two new centres: a cyber operations centre and a Bundeswehr cyber-security centre.
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