Innovation is a key buzzword currently within the US military and is shaping the vision for our forces as being agile organizations able to adapt to a complex world. But does our military have the capabilities to protect vital national interests in cyber? The growth of the Internet in our globally connected world has meant that tools for cyber are constantly changing. Accordingly, do we have the capacity to gain the advantages needed to out-hack our adversaries in this domain? In this talk, we provide a relatively simple framework for different types of innovation (disruptive, breakthrough, sustaining, and incremental) in order to find better solutions to malicious cyberattacks. By doing so, we promote how “inside-the-box” thinking can help successfully defend cyberspace.