Cyber and Information Domain Service

Cyber and Information Domain Service (CIDS)

Cyber- und Informationsraum (CIR)

Insignia

Active| 1 April 2017 – present
Country|  Federal Republic of Germany
Type| Signals and Electronic Warfare
Size| 15,659 (June 2025)[1]
Garrison/HQ| Bonn
March| Cyber-March[2]
Website| No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata.
Commanders
Inspector of CIR| Vice Admiral Thomas Daum
Vice Inspector of CIR| Major General Jürgen Setzer

The Cyber and Information Domain Service (CIDS; German: Cyber- und Informationsraum, lit. 'Cyber and Information space', de; CIR) is the youngest branch of the German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. The decision to form an organizational unit was presented by Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on 26 April 2016, becoming operational on 1 April 2017. It is headquartered in Bonn.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Organisation
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

In November 2015, the German Ministry of Defense activated a Staff Group within the ministry tasked with developing plans for a reorganization of the Cyber, IT, military intelligence, geo-information, and operative communication units of the Bundeswehr.

On 26 April 2016, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen presented the plans for the new military branch to the public and on 5 October 2016 the command's staff became operational as a department within the ministry of defense. On 1 April 2017, the Cyber and Information Domain Service (CIDS) was activated as a "military organizational unit" (Organisationsbereich), indicating its status below a full service branch.[4] The CIDS Headquarters took command of all existing electronic warfare, signals, IT, military intelligence, geoinformation, and psychological operations units.[5]

As part of a wider restructuring of higher command in the Bundeswehr in 2024, it was decided to upgrade it from a military organizational unit to the fourth full military service branch, alongside Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force) and Deutsche Marine (navy).[6]

## Organisation

The CIDS is commanded by the Chief of the Cyber and Information Domain Service (Inspekteur des Cyber- und Informationsraum InspCIR), a three-star general position, based in Bonn.[7] As of April 2023, it is structured as follows:

* Cyber and Information Domain Service Command (Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum KdoCIR), in Bonn
* 20px Reconnaissance and Effects Command (Kommando Aufklärung und Wirkung KdoAufkl/Wirk), in Gelsdorf
* 20px 911th Electronic Warfare Battalion
* 20px 912th Electronic Warfare Battalion, mans the Oste-class SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance ships
* 20px 931st Electronic Warfare Battalion
* 20px 932nd Electronic Warfare Battalion, provides airborne troops for operations in enemy territory
* 20px Cyber-Operations Centre (Zentrum Cyber-Operationen ZSO)
* 20px Central Imaging Reconnaissance (Zentrale Abbildende Aufklärung ZAbbAufkl), operating the SAR-Lupe satellites
* 20px Central Bundeswehr Investigation Authority for Technical Reconnaissance (Zentrale Untersuchungsstelle der Bundeswehr für Technische Aufklärung ZU-StelleBwTAufkl)
* 20px Signals Reconnaissance Centre North (Fernmeldeaufklärungszentrale Nord FmAufklZentr NORD)
* 20px Signals Reconnaissance Centre South (Fernmeldeaufklärungszentrale Süd FmAufklZentr SÜD)
* 20px Information Technology Services Command (Kommando Informationstechnik-Services der Bundeswehr KdoIT-SBw), in Bonn
* 20px 281st Information Technology Battalion
* 20px 282nd Information Technology Battalion
* 20px 292nd Information Technology Battalion
* 20px 293rd Information Technology Battalion
* 20px 381st Information Technology Battalion
* 20px 383rd Information Technology Battalion
* 20px Bundeswehr Geoinformation Centre (Zentrum für Geoinformationswesen der Bundeswehr), in Euskirchen
* 20px Bundeswehr Cyber-Security Centre (Zentrum für Cyber-Sicherheit der Bundeswehr ZCSBw)
* 20px Bundeswehr Software Digitalisation Centre (Zentrum Digitalisierung der Bundeswehr und Fähigkeitsentwicklung Cyber- und Informationsraum ZDigBw)
* 20px Bundeswehr Operational Communications Centre (Zentrum Operative Kommunikation der Bundeswehr ZOpKomBw)
* 20px Training Centre CIDS (Ausbildungszentrum CIR AusbZ CIR)

## See also

* List of cyber warfare forces

## References

1. ↑ "Personalzahlen der Bundeswehr" (in de). https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/ueber-die-bundeswehr/zahlen-daten-fakten/personalzahlen-bundeswehr.
2. ↑ "Der Cyber-Marsch" (in German). 2017-04-11. http://cir.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/cir/start/service/archiv/2017/april/!ut/p/z1/hVDBbsIwDP2aXGsXtgC7pWJUbAyhIQ2ay5S2oc1amsoNZZr28UuFxGkIH2zZ7_k92SBhD7JRvSmUM7ZRte8TyT_57GEZj7b4Fo_5M4qIx6-LmRjjksMH7O5RpIfxRgiEba4h8RqTmxoDCSTIXAeZbbQbstONMz4XpJyloLXk6gE5EXkkMDkkGM6jkF-twl-xEtGGT0OcL6P3QfBL9er7uquy4WhIStXktd7YTFwGLyCL2qaXb4gmHU8LkKQPmjQFJ_Lj0rn2iSHD8_kcVPZ49Ao26Bxp4ypS-uB0qjrTBblmONipmqFiWOW2q1KGnVPkfNHUm8xTFGWl6RmOMJz4riXzr3dpOwf7-57QHhfT9fqx_1np3R80NRSJ/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/#Z7_694IG2S0MG36E0AB6GKF9A30A0. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
3. ↑ "Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum" (in de). https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/cyber-und-informationsraum/kommando-und-organisation-cir/kommando-cyber-und-informationsraum.
4. ↑ Setzer, Jürgen. "The Challenge of Digitalisation – the Bundeswehr Cyber and Information Domain Service". https://americangerman.institute/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Setzer-ISFB-Report-2019.pdf.
5. ↑ http://www.marshallcenter.org/mcpublicweb/de/nav-main-news-de/62-cat-english-en/cat-gcmc-pao-en/cat-gcmc-pao-news-en/2326-art-news-1-02-jan-18-en.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (Dec. 28, 2017) – Bundeswehr Lt. Gen. Ludwig Leinhos, commander and chief of Germany’s newly founded Cyber and Information Domain Service, talks about how digitalization is a game changer
6. ↑ "Bundeswehr der Zeitenwende: Kriegstüchtig sein, um abschrecken zu können" (in de). 2024-04-04. https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/bundeswehr-der-zeitenwende-kriegstuechtig-sein-um-abzuschrecken-5765386.
7. ↑ "Cyber and Information Domain". http://cir.bundeswehr.de/resource/resource/YjR0QzY3aWZvTE4yUHd5Vk55eFhUZFo5dGh3aGZlRTE1VnNvSDFHRnNjUFVxa1l1S3hITWlWRFlRM3ZUSUVjM0NxYXNjck1BVG1RdFBZdWlqNTZ2d3lVY2N0TzRuOE9zakR5STNzcklUTWs9/Flyer_CIR_engl.pdf.

## External links

* Cyber security, the German way
* Dossier on cyber security in the Bundeswehr
* White Paper on German security policy and the future of the Bundeswehr
* The Faculty of Joint Operations

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