MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND U.
S.
COAST GUARD COOPERATION ON
CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS
1.
PURPOSE: To prescribe the U.S. Coast Guard's role regarding the Department
of
Defense
(DoD) Information Network (DoDIN) and in support
ofDoD
cyberspace operations, and to
prescribe DoD's support
of
Coast Guard cyberspace operations and its role concerning Coast
Guard-operated DoDIN systems and networks.
2.
AUTHORITIES:
a) The Coast Guard is at all times a military service and branch
of
the armed forces
of
the
United States. The Coast Guard is a distinct entity within the Department
of
Homeland
Security (DHS), except when Congress directs in a declaration
of
war or when the President
directs that the Coast Guard shall operate as a service in the Navy. (14 U.S.C.
§
1,
10
U.S.C.
§
101
, 6 U.S.C. § 468).
b) The Coast Guard may assist DoD in the performance
of
any activity for which the Coast
Guard is especially qualified, and with the consent
of
the Secretary
of
Defense, the Coast
Guard may avail itself
of
such DoD officers and employees, advice, information, and
facilities as may be helpful in the performance
of
its duties (14 U.S.
C.
§ 141).
c) DoD protects and defends DoD information, information systems, and information networks
that are critical to DoD and the armed forces during day-to-day operations and operations in
times
of
crisis (10 U.S.
C.
§ 2224).
d) DoD may support time-critical, short-duration Maritime Homeland Security Operations,
defined as time-critical requests by the Coast Guard for DoD support in countering
immediate maritime security threats lasting less than 48 hours (2006 DoD-DHS
Memorandum
of
Agreement for Department
of
Defense Support to the United States Coast
Guard for Maritime Homeland Security).
e) The Chairman
of
the Joint Chiefs
of
Staff and the Commandant
of
the Coast Guard jointly
review respective DoD and Coast Guard capabilities to identify, document, and plan
appropriate roles, missions, and functions
of
the Coast Guard in support
of
the National
Military Strategy and other national-level defense and security strategies (DoD-DHS
Memorandum
of
Agreement on the Use
of
U.S. Coast Guard Capabilities and Resources in
Support
of
the National Military Strateg
y,
May 20, 2008 (hereafter 2008 MOA)).
