01139nas a2200229 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653002800052653002300080653001900103653001600122653003000138653004000168653002300208653003100231100001700262245011100279300001200390490000700402520050000409 2018 d c201810aCritical Infrastructure10acyber-energy nexus10ahybrid warfare10aInteragency10ainternational cooperation10ajoint mission assurance assessments10anon-linear warfare10aoperational energy context1 aArnold Dupuy00aCyber-Energy Infrastructure Vulnerabilities in the Hybrid Warfare Environment: Some DoD Mitigation Efforts a163-1740 v393 a

The energy sector has long been recognized as critical infrastructure, particularly vulnerable to external penetration and manipulation by hostile elements. The cyber-energy nexus was chosen as the case study for this article. It highlights the growing vulnerabilities of the energy infrastructure to cyber threats and aims to move forward dialogue, mainly from the perspective of the US Department of Defense (DoD), on protecting DoD energy infrastructure from a variety of hybrid tools.