{"id":1298,"date":"2017-11-03T16:53:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.201.249.27\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2017-11-03T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:53:13","slug":"two-star-every-soldier-must-cyber-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/two-star-every-soldier-must-cyber-defender\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-star: Every soldier must be a cyber defender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-star: Every soldier must be a cyber defender.<\/h1>\n
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Every soldier should understand this about cyberspace: you are the Army\u2019s first line of defense, said one of the service\u2019s leaders in the cyber warfighting domain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army is working on how it will train and equip soldiers to deal with an adversary they can\u2019t see, said Maj. Gen. Patricia Frost, who leads the Army Cyber Directorate at the Pentagon. The directorate, which opened last summer, is integrating the Army\u2019s cyber, electronic warfare and information operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As the Army builds its organizations and capability in the cyber domain, \u201cwhere I think we need to go next is the understanding by every soldier,\u201d Frost told Army Times in an Oct. 5 interview at the Pentagon. \u201cEvery soldier knows \u2018I have to fire my weapon.\u2019 Does every soldier realize that they\u2019re the first line of defense in cyberspace? Between what you have at your work station or your warfighting platform, your iPhone or your Blackberry or all these end-point devices, the adversary only has to have one vector in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army needs a strong and capable cyber mission force, but responsibility for cyber defense belongs to all soldiers, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThey need to understand what their responsibilities are when they log on,\u201d Frost said. \u201cThat can\u2019t just be Army Cyber\u2019s problem. Everyone is a defender in this space.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Soldiers also need to know how to react when the electromagnetic environment in which they work is compromised, just as they need to know how to fire their weapon when wearing protective gear during a chemical, biological or nuclear event, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re talking about this integration with electronic warfare,\u201d Frost said. \u201cYou also need to know how to operate, depending on what your MOS is, in a degraded or denied environment, due to what could happen in an electromagnetic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The answer is not putting an electronic warfare soldier in every squad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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