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DVIDS – News – Navy CTR Leaders Review and Update Occupational Standards

November 5, 2021/in Internet Security

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Leaders in the Cryptologic Technician (Collection) (CTR) rating from around the world gathered at Corry Station to discuss the way-ahead and future of their rating, from Nov. 1 – 5, 2021.

Every two years subject matter experts from within the Navy’s varied ratings come together to validate and build the occupational standards that are trained to in order to meet the needs of the rating throughout the fleet.

Due to COVID-19, this is the first time in four years the CTRs have been able to conduct their review and update of their standards. This year they had a wide turn-out with representatives from around the globe including, the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT), Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR), Navy Personnel Command, Navy Manpower Analysis Center, Information Warfare Training Center (IWTC) Corry Station, several Navy Information Operational Commands, Naval Special Warfare Command, U.S. Third Fleet and U.S. 10th Fleet.

CTRs serve as experts in intercepting signals and gathering information, and as technology advances the CTRs must adapt and evolve in order to continue to meet the Navy’s information requirements. Master Chief Cryptologic Technician (Collection) Chris Motley, CTR Training Lead for NAVIFOR, explained that the goal of the occupational standards review and update is to capture all the tasks that the rating performs to meet the operational mission. With the tasks accurately captured, adjustments can be made to training, advancement and promotion opportunities to ensure the direction the rating is evolving reflects what the Navy calls for in its CTRs.

“Cyber is a growing work role for our rating,” said Motley. “We have billets that are assigned to cyber teams, so we want to capture the work standards we do to support the cyber mission

Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class Marshall Shortman, a cryptologic fleet operating instructor at IWTC Corry Station, said, “For my contribution to the occupational standards, I am trying to ensure that the Sailors, both currently in and on their way to the…

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CPX 360 Cyber Security Summit – Executive Benefits

September 17, 2021/in Video

Eight computer security trends APAC leaders should urgently address

June 15, 2021/in Computer Security

Computer security in APAC needs a reboot, with these 8 trends in mind - Prince, of the Red Hacker Alliance monitors global cyberattacks on his PC (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)

Computer security in APAC needs a reboot, with these 8 trends in mind. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)

Cybersecurity remains an ever-growing concern in a digitized, post-pandemic world. Covid-19 has killed in more ways than one – physically, and with the demise of multitudes of jobs across the world.

However, the outbreak has also catalyzed the maturation of digitalization – demand for digital services has been nothing short of explosive during the pandemic.

Growth of Digital in APAC

The Southeast Asian (SEA) region is not a stranger to digital disruption, innovation, and digitally transformative initiatives, either. Rapid and proactive action by governments to control the spread of Covid-19 has resulted in tight border and movement restrictions.

This has, in turn, jolted businesses ranging from mega entities to small and medium business (SMBs) towards optimizing and increasing adoption of digitalized solutions in order to keep their hungry economies connected and vital.

Computer security and talent shortage woes

The region has been racing to adopt technologies such as cloud, edge, 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and IoT, in post-pandemic economic recovery efforts. Alas, a menacing darkness looms over this sliver of economic hope: cybersecurity threats.

Earlier last year, Tech Wire Asia reported that cybersecurity was at the forefront of priorities for APAC business decision-makers alongside digital growth. However, the lack of talent in the field is still a major concern.

The 2021 cybersecurity update

In May 2021, Check Point Software Technologies released research data on cybersecurity threats in APAC and found that, compared to May of the previous year, cyberattacks have increased by an alarming 168%.

In fact, there was a 53% increase from April to May this year alone. The top five countries seeing the largest increase in cyberattacks as compared to May 2020 are Japan (40%), Singapore (30%), Indonesia (25%), Malaysia (22%), and Taiwan (17%).

The top three sectors most affected by these cyber threats are utilities (39%), internet and managed service providers (ISPs/MSPs with 12% of the total), and software vendors (6%). According to Check Point,

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