“We worked with the state police to do a vulnerability assessment. The Maryland State Police kind of felt like something was going on in their networks,” Robinson said. Jori Robinson, vice commander of the 175 th wing of the Maryland Air National Guard, said her unit spent some of its time protecting police cyber grids.
We are dependent upon our infrastructure for critical systems to support our way of life and as long as we are dependent upon those systems we are going to have to defend them.”ĭoD Reporter's Notebook Read moreCol. “This is something that is ubiquitous that we are going to have to deal with as a nation. Jeffrey Burkett, vice director of domestic operations for the National Guard Bureau said Thursday during a meeting with reporters at the Pentagon. “The cyber threat is becoming more real because there are more actors that are trying to enter into the domain,” Brig. The demand for these services is high and as more cyber units are needed, the National Guard is still struggling to keep its training pipeline moving. Others are part of the 133 national cyber mission teams that protect DoD networks, assist in overseas operations and harden federal infrastructure from cyber attacks. Some National Guard cyber units are protecting and fortifying state-level interests. The National Guard is picking up some of that responsibility as units protect their individual states and work on the broader national and international mission.
The Defense Department is continuing to put more resources into building cyber units that will defend the nation’s networks and attack networks abroad.
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