Virginia cyber warriors join New England exercise
Fourteen Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Fairfax-based 123rd and 124th Cyber Protection Battalions, 91st Cyber Brigade take part in the Cyber Yankee network defense exercise June 8, 2018, at Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts National Guard hosts the annual exercise focused on developing stronger collaboration across all New England’s cyber network defenses. Virginia Soldiers participated both as “Blue Team” members led by the Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts-based 126th Cyber Protection Battalion with Soldiers from five different New England states defending servers, websites, databases and computer programs and “Red Team” members launching exercise cyber attacks from simulated hackers, criminal elements and international non-state actors. The exercise demonstrates the value the National Guard brings in facilitating interagency cooperation in a larger cyberspace operations environment and included partners from the federal government and civilian corporate partners. The 91st Cyber Brigade provides training and readiness oversight for cyber units in 31 states. Read more about the 91st at go.usa.gov/xQHGH. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)
Virginia cyber warriors join New England exercise
Fourteen Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Fairfax-based 123rd and 124th Cyber Protection Battalions, 91st Cyber Brigade take part in the Cyber Yankee network defense exercise June 8, 2018, at Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts National Guard hosts the annual exercise focused on developing stronger collaboration across all New England’s cyber network defenses. Virginia Soldiers participated both as “Blue Team” members led by the Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts-based 126th Cyber Protection Battalion with Soldiers from five different New England states defending servers, websites, databases and computer programs and “Red Team” members launching exercise cyber attacks from simulated hackers, criminal elements and international non-state actors. The exercise demonstrates the value the National Guard brings in facilitating interagency cooperation in a larger cyberspace operations environment and included partners from the federal government and civilian corporate partners. The 91st Cyber Brigade provides training and readiness oversight for cyber units in 31 states. Read more about the 91st at go.usa.gov/xQHGH. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)