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Cyber Command head wants name changed

August 29, 2019 By Andrew Smith

U.S. Army Cyber Command is on its way to Augusta, but it might look a little different.

During a keynote address at AFCEA’s TechNet Augusta 2019, Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, the commander of Army Cyber Command since May 2018, said he plans on proposing a name change over the next two months.  Because of the wide variety of responsibilities soldiers will have to perform in the cyber branch of the military, Fogarty said “Army Information Warfare Command” would be a more accurate descriptor.

Over the course of this year, Fogarty said the military plans to bring Army Cyber Command headquarters to Fort Gordon from Fort Belvoir, Va.  He said there are already a significant amount of soldiers and some civilians in the area, and he expects the headquarters building to be finished and operating by June 20, 2020.

Fogarty also emphasized the need for speed in cyberwarfare.  He said progress in cyberspace has been impeded by bureaucracy, and that the U.S. needs to create an information dominance.  He called on industry partners and academics for advice on the best way to train and equip soldiers for missions in cyberspace.

Continue reading at:  Augusta Chronicle

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Army Cyber Command, Augusta, Fort Gordon

Regional banker says Augusta government contracting boom imminent

May 16, 2019 By Andrew Smith

The Augusta metro area is sitting on a powder keg of cybersecurity investment, and the fuse is getting shorter by the day.

Ed Spenceley, a government contracting specialist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said the nation’s growing defense budget and Augusta’s burgeoning cyber industry puts the region on a collision course with companies looking for government contracts.

The retired U.S. Army intelligence specialist, speaking at the Invest Augusta conference Thursday, said he sees Augusta as an “epicenter” for cyber-based industries well beyond the arrival of Army Cyber Command to Fort Gordon next year.

Continue reading at:  The Augusta Chronicle

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Army Cyber Command, Augusta, cybersecurity

Army and Navy cyber command ready way ahead of schedule

November 8, 2017 By Andrew Smith

U.S. Army Cyber Command announced November 2 that all 41 of its active duty Cyber Mission Force teams were validated as having achieved full operational capability in September 2017, more than a year ahead of schedule. To read the official announcement, click on photo above.   (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Steve Stover)

The Army and Navy components of the military’s Cyber Mission Forces have reached full operational capability, the services announced Thursday, beating their 2018 deadline by roughly a year.

The Army and Navy announcement marks a major milestone for U.S. Cyber Command, which has grown since 2010 from a rough plan to build a military unit complementary to the largely civilian National Security Agency to what will soon be a full combatant command.

Together, the Army and Navy components comprise about 60 percent of the 6,200 cyber troops divided among 133 teams that will make up a fully operational U.S. Cyber Command next year.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2017/11/army-and-navy-cyber-command-ready-way-ahead-schedule/142278

Note: The Army Cyber Command is headquartered at Fort Gordon in Augusta, GA.  In June of 2017, groundbreaking was held for the construction of the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, a $60 million compound that will feature research and classroom space for Augusta University and the state’s technical colleges, as well as office space for established and startup companies.  For more information, see: http://gtpac.org/2017/06/21/new-training-center-in-augusta-to-counter-emerging-cyberthreats/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Army Cyber Command, Augusta University, cyber, Cyber Command, cybersecurity, Fort Gordon, Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center

New training center in Augusta to counter emerging cyberthreats

June 21, 2017 By Andrew Smith

This is a rendering of the future $60 million Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center to be built in downtown Augusta.

In December, as the legislative session was about to kick into high gear, two well-connected Georgia business leaders approached Gov. Nathan Deal’s office with an ambitious idea for the state to build a high-tech training center to assist the NSA and U.S. Army Cyber Command, which just weeks earlier had broken ground on its future headquarters at Fort Gordon.

It would need to be built quickly to stringent national security specifications to handle classified intelligence. But such a center could bolster the state’s claim as a vital center in the nation’s sprawling intelligence network.

The Army Cyber Command is headquartered at Fort Gordon.

On Monday, just six months later, Gov. Nathan Deal and leaders in Augusta held a ceremonial groundbreaking to mark construction of the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, a $60 million compound that will feature research and classroom space for Augusta University and the state’s technical colleges, as well as office space for established and startup companies.

About 28,000 civilians in Georgia work in cybersecurity. About 13,000, including military personnel, work in cybersecurity in the Augusta area, Deal said Monday.

Keep reading this article at: http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/AtlantaJournalConstitution/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=AJC/2017/06/20&entity=Ar00106&sk=EC2A4954

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Army Cyber Command, Augusta University, cyber, cybersecurity, Fort Gordon, Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center

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