Draft:Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber (J6)

The Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber (J6) directorate is the Continental Staff System branch of the U.S. DOD Joint Staff responsible for providing expertise in support of the Chairman's core responsibilities and in advancing C4/Cyber across all domains to enable a globally integrated Combined/Joint Force.

The J-6 represents the Joint Warfighter in support of the command, control, communications, and computers/cyber (C4) requirements validation and capability development processes while ensuring joint interoperability. To further this effort, the J-6 promulgates guidance and provides functional expertise to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in order to shape the joint information environment. Additionally, as the Joint Staff Chief Information Officer (CIO), the J-6 provides business class Information Technology (IT) services and support to the Chairman and the entire Joint Staff.

• The J-6 directorate is one of a group of agencies that administer the SIPRNet. Other administrators include: the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Information Systems Agency. The J-6 chairs the DOD's Military Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Executive Board (MC4EB) which works in conjunction with the multinational Combined Communications-Electronics Board.
• The J-6 Joint Deployable Analysis Team (JDAT) conducts assessments in conjunction with Combatant Command exercises, experiments, and test and evaluation events.

It is headed by the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Chief Information Officer, staff code J6, a three-star lieutenant general or vice admiral.