Mark Pomerleau

Mark Pomerleau is a reporter for C4ISRNET, covering information warfare and cyberspace.


  • DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’
    DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’

    Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee that cyberspace is affording bold actors opportunities to be even more aggressive. “The challenge particularly in the cyber realm, I’ll say, is that there’s kind of an insidious progression of aggressiveness,” DNI James Clapper said at Tuesday’s hearing. “I’ve certainly seen this over the…

  • Marines study sci-fi to plan for future battlefield needs
    Marines study sci-fi to plan for future battlefield needs

    The Marine Corps is using realistic science fiction to help craft a narrative to better postulate what future operating environments might look like.

  • Marines Study Sci-Fi to Plan for Future Battlefield Needs
    Marines Study Sci-Fi to Plan for Future Battlefield Needs

    The Marine Corps is turning to science fiction and short stories to help forecast future operating concepts in an increasingly complex world. A Science Fiction Futures Workshop held at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory resulted in three realistic short stories based on the memo “Marine Corps Security Environment Forecast: Futures 2030-2045” (MCSEF), known as the…

  • What Does It Take to (Cyber)Secure the Presidential Inauguration?
    What Does It Take to (Cyber)Secure the Presidential Inauguration?

    The presidential inauguration is one of the biggest events of the year, culminating months of hard fought campaigning and celebrating democracy. The event also provides an international stage for potentially malicious actors to make a name for themselves with thousands of citizens, elected officials and government personnel gathered for the parade and day-long festivities. The…

  • DoD achieves largest drone-swarm demo
    DoD achieves largest drone-swarm demo

    The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office recently successfully demonstrated a swarm of more than 100 small drones released in mid-air from fighter jets.

  • How the Pentagon is shaping cyber tool use
    How the Pentagon is shaping cyber tool use

    In the ongoing debate surrounding cyber authorities, the current discussion is tracking around effects.

  • How the Pentagon is Shaping Cyber Tool Use
    How the Pentagon is Shaping Cyber Tool Use

    This is Part II of a two-part series. Read Part I. One critique of the way in which cyber operations are managed is that it limits the responsiveness and overall options for a commander. Part I of this two-part series focused on the underlying dilemma surrounding the cyber authorities question. Here, we consider how the…

  • Rules complicate the execution of cyberattacks
    Rules complicate the execution of cyberattacks

    The rules governing the use of cyber capabilities, which some believe can be too restrictive, are still being worked out.

  • Authorities Complicate Use of Cyber Capabilities
    Authorities Complicate Use of Cyber Capabilities

    Part I of a two-part series. Despite the recognition five years ago of cyberspace as an operational domain of warfare, the military and U.S. government as a whole are still experiencing growing pains; one in particular surrounds the rules for cyber effects. Authorities for offensive cyber operations currently trigger an approval process that goes as…

  • Putin ordered influence operation against U.S., says report
    Putin ordered influence operation against U.S., says report

    In a highly anticipated report, the intelligence community provided brief details regarding the recent Russian hacking incidents.

  • DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’
    DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’

    Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee that cyberspace is affording bold actors opportunities to be even more aggressive. “The challenge particularly in the cyber realm, I’ll say, is that there’s kind of an insidious progression of aggressiveness,” DNI James Clapper said at Tuesday’s hearing. “I’ve certainly seen this over the…

  • Marines study sci-fi to plan for future battlefield needs
    Marines study sci-fi to plan for future battlefield needs

    The Marine Corps is using realistic science fiction to help craft a narrative to better postulate what future operating environments might look like.

  • Marines Study Sci-Fi to Plan for Future Battlefield Needs
    Marines Study Sci-Fi to Plan for Future Battlefield Needs

    The Marine Corps is turning to science fiction and short stories to help forecast future operating concepts in an increasingly complex world. A Science Fiction Futures Workshop held at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory resulted in three realistic short stories based on the memo “Marine Corps Security Environment Forecast: Futures 2030-2045” (MCSEF), known as the…

  • What Does It Take to (Cyber)Secure the Presidential Inauguration?
    What Does It Take to (Cyber)Secure the Presidential Inauguration?

    The presidential inauguration is one of the biggest events of the year, culminating months of hard fought campaigning and celebrating democracy. The event also provides an international stage for potentially malicious actors to make a name for themselves with thousands of citizens, elected officials and government personnel gathered for the parade and day-long festivities. The…

  • DoD achieves largest drone-swarm demo
    DoD achieves largest drone-swarm demo

    The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office recently successfully demonstrated a swarm of more than 100 small drones released in mid-air from fighter jets.

  • How the Pentagon is shaping cyber tool use
    How the Pentagon is shaping cyber tool use

    In the ongoing debate surrounding cyber authorities, the current discussion is tracking around effects.

  • How the Pentagon is Shaping Cyber Tool Use
    How the Pentagon is Shaping Cyber Tool Use

    This is Part II of a two-part series. Read Part I. One critique of the way in which cyber operations are managed is that it limits the responsiveness and overall options for a commander. Part I of this two-part series focused on the underlying dilemma surrounding the cyber authorities question. Here, we consider how the…

  • Rules complicate the execution of cyberattacks
    Rules complicate the execution of cyberattacks

    The rules governing the use of cyber capabilities, which some believe can be too restrictive, are still being worked out.

  • Authorities Complicate Use of Cyber Capabilities
    Authorities Complicate Use of Cyber Capabilities

    Part I of a two-part series. Despite the recognition five years ago of cyberspace as an operational domain of warfare, the military and U.S. government as a whole are still experiencing growing pains; one in particular surrounds the rules for cyber effects. Authorities for offensive cyber operations currently trigger an approval process that goes as…

  • Putin ordered influence operation against U.S., says report
    Putin ordered influence operation against U.S., says report

    In a highly anticipated report, the intelligence community provided brief details regarding the recent Russian hacking incidents.

  • DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’
    DNI on Cyberspace: An ‘Insidious Progression of Aggressiveness’

    Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee that cyberspace is affording bold actors opportunities to be even more aggressive. “The challenge particularly in the cyber realm, I’ll say, is that there’s kind of an insidious progression of aggressiveness,” DNI James Clapper said at Tuesday’s hearing. “I’ve certainly seen this over the…

  • Marines study sci-fi to plan for future battlefield needs
    Marines study sci-fi to plan for future battlefield needs

    The Marine Corps is using realistic science fiction to help craft a narrative to better postulate what future operating environments might look like.

  • Marines Study Sci-Fi to Plan for Future Battlefield Needs
    Marines Study Sci-Fi to Plan for Future Battlefield Needs

    The Marine Corps is turning to science fiction and short stories to help forecast future operating concepts in an increasingly complex world. A Science Fiction Futures Workshop held at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory resulted in three realistic short stories based on the memo “Marine Corps Security Environment Forecast: Futures 2030-2045” (MCSEF), known as the…

  • What Does It Take to (Cyber)Secure the Presidential Inauguration?
    What Does It Take to (Cyber)Secure the Presidential Inauguration?

    The presidential inauguration is one of the biggest events of the year, culminating months of hard fought campaigning and celebrating democracy. The event also provides an international stage for potentially malicious actors to make a name for themselves with thousands of citizens, elected officials and government personnel gathered for the parade and day-long festivities. The…

  • DoD achieves largest drone-swarm demo
    DoD achieves largest drone-swarm demo

    The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office recently successfully demonstrated a swarm of more than 100 small drones released in mid-air from fighter jets.

  • How the Pentagon is shaping cyber tool use
    How the Pentagon is shaping cyber tool use

    In the ongoing debate surrounding cyber authorities, the current discussion is tracking around effects.

  • How the Pentagon is Shaping Cyber Tool Use
    How the Pentagon is Shaping Cyber Tool Use

    This is Part II of a two-part series. Read Part I. One critique of the way in which cyber operations are managed is that it limits the responsiveness and overall options for a commander. Part I of this two-part series focused on the underlying dilemma surrounding the cyber authorities question. Here, we consider how the…

  • Rules complicate the execution of cyberattacks
    Rules complicate the execution of cyberattacks

    The rules governing the use of cyber capabilities, which some believe can be too restrictive, are still being worked out.

  • Authorities Complicate Use of Cyber Capabilities
    Authorities Complicate Use of Cyber Capabilities

    Part I of a two-part series. Despite the recognition five years ago of cyberspace as an operational domain of warfare, the military and U.S. government as a whole are still experiencing growing pains; one in particular surrounds the rules for cyber effects. Authorities for offensive cyber operations currently trigger an approval process that goes as…

  • Putin ordered influence operation against U.S., says report
    Putin ordered influence operation against U.S., says report

    In a highly anticipated report, the intelligence community provided brief details regarding the recent Russian hacking incidents.