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DVIDS – News – Army Cyber Command experts helping to lead modernization, build collective knowledge

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Some of Army Cyber Command’s (ARCYBER) brightest minds are among the world-class experts leading Army modernization while building ties and collective knowledge in the military, industrial and academic communities.

Most recently, Maj. Jaison Desai, Ph.D. and Lt. Col. James Sanders of ARCYBER’s Technical Warfare Center joined colleagues from the Army Cyber Institute and the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, along with more than 100 other experts from across the Department of Defense (DoD), national laboratories, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, academia and industry who attended and made presentations at the 2021 Emerging Techniques Forum (ETF). The event was hosted by the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) in Alexandria, Va., in December 2021.

Desai and Sanders represented the Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS) pilot program team, which falls under ARCYBER’s Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). The pair presented work created in collaboration with fellow team members Mark Southwell, Maj. Ezra McCalment and Maj. Tony Abeyta. Their presentation – “Process Innovation and Exploration of Army EITaaS Approaches” — highlighted policy, assessment and process challenges with adopting as-a-service models and how the team is navigating those areas. The presentation drew praise from numerous attendees and requests for copies and further discussion from Maj. Gen. Martin Klein, commander of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 75th Innovation Command, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Loretta Reynolds, former USMC deputy commandant for information.

“Being able to present at the MORS conferences is an amazing professional development opportunity and a great way to build connections with other members of the operations research community throughout DoD,” Desai said. “This year’s conference was particularly special because I was able to represent our ARCYBER and NETCOM team and share the progress we’ve made in areas critical to Army modernization.”

Desai’s contributions to academia…

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Arizona opens cyber command center in Phoenix

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State and federal law enforcement officials will use the center as a place to share information that can thwart hackers attempting to access private accounts.

PHOENIX — Arizona has unveiled its new headquarters for the state’s war on cyberattacks.

The Cyber Command Center, located in a non-descript, north Phoenix office building, will allow state cybersecurity experts to work alongside their federal counterparts to thwart daily threats of cyberattacks against state resources.

Under one roof

The Cyber Command Center is meant to allow increased information sharing between local, state, and federal agencies to investigate and respond to various cyberattacks.

“Unfortunately, we know that this is something our enemies want to exploit,” said Gov. Doug Ducey. “We’re the first state in the nation to put something like this together in terms of investment. It’s Homeland Security, its national security. We rely on these people and I have a lot of confidence that they can keep Arizona safe and be a model for other states.”

According to Tim Roemer, director of Arizona Department of Homeland Security, his agency fought against roughly 800,000 cyberattacks in September 2021.

“When I was briefed as a new governor by the FBI… they said we should quit calling it ‘cyberwarfare’ and ‘cybersecurity’ because this is the future of warfare and the future of security,” Ducey said.

A new kind of war

When hackers shut down Colonial Pipeline, a company that supplies roughly 45% of the east coast with fuel, it underscored how dangerous ransomware can be, and just how vulnerable computer systems can be to attacks.

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DVIDS – News – Army Cyber Command remembers heroes, victims of 9-11, Afghanistan

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FORT GORDON, Ga. — Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) personnel gathered together this week to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The solemn Sept. 10 ceremony at the command’s headquarters at Fortitude Hall here honored and remembered the victims and heroes of the attacks and America’s 20 years of war in Afghanistan.

The three attacks on 9/11 killed 2,995 people — the single loss of lives from a foreign attack on U.S. soil in the nation’s history – and injured 6,000 more. The two planes that struck the World Trade Center towers in New York claimed 2,763 lives; 189 people died when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon (125 in the building and 64 on board the flight); and 44 were killed when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pa.

In remarks at the ceremony ARCYBER Chief of Staff Col. Ernesto Cortez talked of the courage and commitment of Soldiers and veterans who dedicated themselves to serving others as a result of the attacks.

“Tomorrow represents a milestone for each of us to reflect on where we were that day…what we have done in the 20 years since then…and what we have learned that we can take forward to make the years ahead better, safer, and more fulfilling for us, our loved ones, and our country,” remarked Cortez as he recalled significant details and stories from that fateful day.

He told the story of Rick Rescorla, who was born in England and emigrated to America, where he joined the Army and was decorated for his courage in Vietnam. As head of security for a major investment firm in the World Trade Center on 9-11, Rescorla helped evacuate more than 2,000 of the company’s employees, then fatefully returned to help others. He was last seen alive singing and helping to keep up people’s spirits as he guided them towards safety.

The shared experience of 9-11 unified Americans who supported our Soldiers, Army civilians and families, Cortez said, and inspired many of today’s Soldiers to join the Army and serve valiantly.

The events of that fateful day and Americans’ response…

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Swiss plan cyber defence command centre

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Defence Minister Viola Amherd and army chief Thomas Süssli in Bern on Wednesday Keystone / Anthony Anex

The government is beefing up its defences against cyberattacks, focusing on a command centre comprising 575 members of the armed forces who will be trained over the coming years.

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“Not a day goes by without a cyberattack,” Defence Minister Viola Amherd told the media in Bern on Wednesday. IT systems must therefore be better protected – also by the armed forces, she said.

However, army chief Thomas Süssli put things into perspective, saying “it’s not possible to put a soldier behind every user”. The issue now goes to parliament.

Until now the focus of cyber defence has been on the protection of military communication channels and facilities. The new rapid reaction force should be able to provide subsidiary support to operators of critical infrastructures and private companies in the defence against attacks. Infrastructures considered critical by the government include electricity companies, the Federal Railways and telecom companies.

The defence ministry said the plan was to have the specialist staff in position from January 1, 2022, with the number of soldiers increasing from 206 today to 575. However, Süssli said it would “still take some time” until the troops are fully ready.

Mission-oriented

The second piece of the cyber defence puzzle is a new special command. Today’s broadly diversified Command Support Base is to be transformed into a mission-oriented, military cyber command by the beginning of 2024.

In future, this command will provide key military capabilities in the areas of situational awareness, cyber defence, IT, communication, command support, code breaking and electronic warfare.

In May 2019 Switzerland became a member of the NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia. This has given Swiss authorities access to the centre’s knowledge and information as well as research and training activities.

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