# Distributed Cyber Tasking **Domain:** Cyber operations / Coordination **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Distributed cyber tasking** is the publication or assignment of digital objectives to a geographically dispersed participant population through an online coordination layer. Tasking may centralize objectives while leaving execution distributed and participants organizationally heterogeneous. ## Significance The IT Army of Ukraine provides a documented case of volunteer cyber objectives distributed online. Task assignment, funding, legal status, command responsibility, and verified outcome remain separate variables and should not be collapsed. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [The IT Army of Ukraine: Structure, Tasking, and Ecosystem](https://css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/Cyber-Reports-2022-06-IT-Army-of-Ukraine.pdf) ## Routes [[wiki/IT Army of Ukraine|IT Army of Ukraine]] · [[wiki/Mission Tasking|Mission Tasking]] · [[wiki/Published Objective|Published Objective]] · [[wiki/Proxy Participation|Proxy Participation]]