Army’s Cyber Protection Team Testing Capabilities

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from David Vergun and the U.S. Army:

A cyber protection team, or CPT, from the newly formed Army Cyber Protection Brigade on Fort Gordon, Ga., tested its capabilities at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland this month against real intruders bent on taking their network down.

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“We’re validating our tactics, techniques and procedures on the network, looking at live traffic” from around the world, said Maj. Michael Stokes, detachment chief of the 101st Cyber Protection Team.

Stokes and 15 other team members are participating in the Joint Users Interoperability Communications Exercise, or JUICE, at Aberdeen, June 1-27. Besides validating tactics, techniques and procedures, or TTPs, JUICE is testing network cross-talk between the Guard and other services, federal agencies and NATO, including former Warsaw Pact nations.

In a real operation, the J-6, meaning joint-level cyber, would have overall control, with each CPT reporting to the Joint Cyber Cell for operational taskings. The only difference here at JUICE, is that the Joint NetOps Coordination Center, or JNCC, is acting as the traditional J-6.

Another benefit of the exercise, Stokes said, is that the testing environment is rich with new and innovative …read more

Source:: Tactical Life