required Capabilities of the I.R.I Army for Cyber Operations

The virtual space has become a part of states’ sovereignty and their national security also includes defense of cyber space. Implementation of the cyber operation is also a duty of the I.R.I army. Some capabilities is necessity for doing this duty. Due to the relatively new nature of the duty, at the first we must identify required capabilities to enable AJA to accomplish their mission. Main aim of this article is to determine required capabilities of the I.R.I army for cyber operations. The present research is an applied and developmental research in term of results of the research that have a qualitative approach. Expert meetings were held with the presence of professionals. To gather and analysis data and information, library and field study method are used. The statistical population is about 50 people that 20 persons of them are selected by purposive sampling approach. Inferential statistics method has been applied to evaluate information and analysis data. The conclusions show that AJA for doing cyber operations must be able to perform 3 duties and have 20 capabilities. These duties including defense, cyber security, Offensive cyber-attack and support of cyber operations.