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CyberShield has a lot of moving parts

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because we want to get the best

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training value . We wanna integrate not

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just technical aspects like red team

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blue team actions , but we also wanna

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put legal injects , intelligence

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injects , have an information

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operations environment to train the

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blue teams on disinformation . Things

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of that nature , the cyber threat is

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everywhere , so we want to make sure

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that all 54 states and territories

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understand that they have that

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capability to defend their state

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against cyber attacks if they need be ,

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whether it be critical infrastructure

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or their own networks within their

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communities . Cyber is a team sport .

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And there's no boundaries , you know ,

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so our state partners , you know ,

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those relationships are very important

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because they're going through the same

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things we're going through . Um , we're

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the training arm for National Guard

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Bureau , so we are here , uh , for the

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54 . That OT fundamentals piece is so

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crucial because we're always trying to

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attack things from an IT perspective .

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Everybody thinks , well , OT is IT .

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It's just another thing that's

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interconnected . Uh , what you don't

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realize is you don't slap an IT fix on

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an OT problem . You do that , you break

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things . We have to be very careful

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with how we do those things and the

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training here at the PEC , we focus

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directly on those skills needed to be

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foundational . Get after that that

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mid-level entry level , mid-level , and

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then those advanced level training sets .

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So we've got to get out there and we've

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got to do it right and we've got to

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fail forward , learn from our mistakes .

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We've got to start looking at things

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from a different aspect and utilizing

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the strengths of our of our National

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Guardsmen . If you go back to 2013 ,

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there was no collective training for

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cyber for soldiers . A group of

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officers got together and started

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CyberShield . The exercise has . Has

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continued to grow over the years . This

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is our largest one yet . We have the

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most participants , the most enclaves ,

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the most participating countries that

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we've ever had , and I think we'll

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continue to see that rise , not only

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the size of the exercise , but the

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training because nowhere out there can

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you get this level of training . The

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three things that I want everybody that

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comes to CyberShield to take away . I

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want them to learn something .

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Everybody should be better when they

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leave here than when they get here .

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The other thing I want them to network

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because it helps . Have somebody in

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another state or even another service

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or component or even maybe your SPP and

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the last thing is it should be fun if

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we provide a fun learning environment

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where they're upping their skill set

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but at the same time interacting with

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their teammates and friends and

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building their skill sets and learning .

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I think all of that stuff is what makes

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CyberShield unique and what I want

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everybody who comes to CyberShield to

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walk away with . We're moving into a

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more rapid procurement process for

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things . Technology which will support

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us being more on par with where some of

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our adversaries are going . I think

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that we've seen that within the last

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few iterations of CyberShields . So

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we've gone from not having any AI to

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having AI in a very limited scope from

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a red team perspective and then not

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having AI actually on the range from a

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blue and a red team perspective . So

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those are , I think that's a pretty

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pretty . as to the direction that we're

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going and trying to keep up with the

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training , I think next year I'd like

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to see us include some AI specific

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training . I think that would be

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helpful for our attendees . I think

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that it boils down to increasing

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individuals' passion and their drive to

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learn , just getting people to continue

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to learn because it's a lifelong

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journey and use those skill sets on

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something like the mission that we

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focus on here .