By aligning with the 10 Federal
Cyber Shield 2016, at Camp Atterbury, Ind., is an Army Na- tional Guard exercise to develop and train cyber-capable forces.
Emergency Management Agency re- gions, the Guard also ensures cyber assets are available to governors at the state level if needed. According to Lt. Col. Vic Macias, ANG, a cyber planner on the NGB joint staff , “The National Guard continues to build robust cyber capabilities available for dual use in either federal or state status. By 2019, 34 states will have additional cyber capability in the form of cyber protection units, cyber squadrons, or other cyber mission el-
ements. The civilian-acquired skills of our men and women, coupled with their military training and patriotism, make them invaluable.”
Developing cyber warriors Guardmembers attracted to cyber duty often provide expertise on the systems and languages required to operate in cyberspace, including op- erating systems (UNIX, Windows, Mac, DOS), fi rewalls, networks, and open source code (LINUX). The Army and Air Guard, as well as active duty and reserve, train to a common individual and joint standard set by U.S. Cyber Command. For members of the Army Guard, in-
dividual training starts with the Cyber Technical Common Core course at the National Guard Professional Educa- tion Center in Arkansas and advanced training at the Fort Gordon Cyber Center of Excellence. Members of the Air Guard attend Undergraduate Cyberspace Training at Keesler AFB, Miss., and Hurlburt Field, Fla. After core training, cyber war-
The term “cyberspace” was first introduced in 1982 by writer William Gibson; he defined it in his award-winning and influential science fiction
novel Neuromancer as “a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.”
In 2016, more than 3 billion users are on the internet. See how fast users are joining the internet at
www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users.
In 1995,
less than 1% of the world’s population was on theinternet.
54 MILITARY OFFICER AUGUST 2016 Today,
approximately 40% of the world’s population has an internet connection.
riors pursue expertise in areas such as forensics, penetration testing, and hacking. Qualifi cation also involves acquiring industry certifi cations, such as CISSP (certifi ed information systems security professional) and CEH (certifi ed ethical hacker). Both joint and unit-level certifi cations round out a cyber warrior’s training. As the cyber force grows, Guard
leaders face the challenge of develop- ing the nexus between citizen sol- diers and the ability to apply their IT skills to military operations. On the East Coast, members from
northeast region Guard units par- ticipated in the 2016 Cyber Yankee exercise, hosted by the Massachusetts Army National Guard last May. They included an Army Guard sergeant who works help desk support and network operations for a federal agency; an Air Guard captain who is a solutions architect and computer system de-
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