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U.S. Cyber Command chief calls for debate around hacking unit’s authorities

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Lawmakers and Pentagon leadership are considering plans that could one day provide U.S. Cyber Command with additional authorities to more easily operate outside declared war zones, two senior U.S. officials acknowledged Wednesday during an open congressional hearing. The testimony confirms aspects of a story CyberScoop published Wednesday about a push inside the government to give more authority to the military’s top hacking unit. That story described concerns shared in the intelligence community about the potential impact of a spike in cyber warfare operations. Such a shift in policy may allow Cyber Command to offer more protection to private companies, including those that own and operate what the U.S. government considers “critical infrastructure.” When it comes to offensive measures, the shift could also open the door for soldiers to hack a much wider array of targets; beyond the Middle East, where the military is already engaged in firefights. Under existing authorities, U.S. […]

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Army pioneer heads to Army Cyber Command

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Command Sgt. Maj. Sheryl Lyon hopes she’s eased the path for future female military leaders. After almost three years at U.S. Army Europe, Lyon is leaving for an assignment at Army Cyber Command in Virginia. Lyon was the army’s first female senior leader at a service component command. She will be the senior enlisted leader at Army Cyber Command, serving in the role of the command sergeant major. “I hope that I’ve been able to help pave the way, that it’s based on capability for positions instead of gender or ethnicity or anything like that,” Lyon told Stars and Stripes. Lyon, a trained intelligence analyst, believes she can “bring some knowledge and past experience that will help in that realm that will help advance it as well.” Founded in 2010, Army Cyber Command is the cyberwarfare unit tasked with protecting Army computer systems and using hacking tools to support soldiers […]

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Here’s what the military’s ‘flight simulator’ for cyber warfare might look like

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The U.S. Army is experimenting with all different types of training for its cyber commands, including the creation of virtual classrooms for its “cyber warriors.” The training is part of the Army’s persistent cyber training exercise, also known as PCTE.  The exercise offers a view of how the military might one day educate future U.S. Cyber Command recruits. Recently ordered to be raised to its own unified command, U.S. Cyber Command is an increasingly powerful and influential military component involved in both offensive and defensive cyber operations. When the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) originally issued a request for information about the PCTE nearly two years ago, they described it as: “a training platform that allows cyber mission forces (CMF) to train in emulated network environments … [which] will largely focus on integration of available applications, enabling increased automation to ultimately support multiple simultaneous training […]

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Jeff Schilling, CSO of Armor – Enterprise Security Weekly #72

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Jeff Schilling, CSO of Armor transitioned after a 24-year career in the Army. Career experiences in running a multi-million dollar PnL, Jeff joins us to talk about Cloud based security, incident response. and how he transitioned from the Army into Secu… Continue reading Jeff Schilling, CSO of Armor – Enterprise Security Weekly #72→

Army must empower next generation to succeed in cyber, senior official says

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For the armed forces to succeed in cyberspace, the military must avoid “groupthink” by exploring new approaches and empowering junior service members, a senior U.S. Army official says. To quickly develop the Army’s cyber capabilities requires that leadership consider unique options while also adjusting for a different culture brought in by recruits who are inherently digitally savvy, according to Col. Chris Wade, director of the Army’s Task Force Cyber Strong. The program is designed to quickly develop and improve the military’s ability to defend against and launch cyberattacks. “What we want to avoid in the Army is that ‘groupthink,’” Wade said Thursday at the Red Hat Government Symposium presented by FedScoop. “That’s challenging for us as leaders … we got to embrace what’s going on .. giving power to the lowest levels so that guys can think through problems and rapidly react.” Wade, who serves in the Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief […]

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