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State Spotlight - Colorado Army National Guard State Spotlight - Colorado Army National Guard THE COLORADO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD is a diverse, community-based force of nearly 4,000 Soldiers from all walks of life. Helping to lead the way in cyber defense, the Colorado Guard commands cutting-edge high-tech units such as space support and cybersecurity units as well as hardcore, hard-charging Infantry units that harken to its origins in 1860. The diversity of its locations and missions allows Special Forces Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 19th the Colorado Army National Guard to deliver Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado Army on its commitment to protect and defend its National Guard, demonstrate special forces gear and equipment at an undisclosed location. community, State and Nation on all fronts. Colorado Army National Guard Photo by SSG David Stroud COLORADO Colorado Army National Guard TOP: Team mentors work with the Denver North Army JROTC Cyber Patriot Team: Puri Depak, Teshawn Mentors Future Williams, Dustin Bell, Aaron Singer, Dakota Bliven and Cyber Warriors Aaron Perez. Photo courtesy of Denver BY CPT Ron Bailey, North High School COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD BOTTOM: CW2 Robert Heflin (left) Colorado Army National Guard olorado Army National Guard telecommunications manager and students and managers from Denver information technology Soldiers North High School display their mentored a student Junior Reserve certificates of appreciation from the U.S. Air Force Association 2017 Cyber COfficer Training Corps cyber team for the Patriot, National Youth Cyber Defense U.S. Air Force Association (AFA) 2017 competition. Cyber Patriot National Youth Cyber Defense Photo courtesy of MAJ Scott Lynch (Ret.) competition. Through a mutually beneficial partnership, Colorado Army National ago for competitions that the Colorado Guard vulnerabilities with their virtual system and Guard Soldiers coached students at Denver could enter. When LTC Martinez mentioned answer a series of multiple-choice cyber- North High School on how to defend BG Willis’ idea to CW2 Heflin, he said that related questions. against cyber-attacks. he remembered the Youth Cyber Defense In their very first year in the competition, The Cyber Patriot competition, first held Competition from those previous searches the Denver North JROTC team scored second in 2009, has exploded in scope from a local and thought that affiliating with a local school place in the Colorado All-Service Division event held at the AFA’s annual symposium would be a great idea. (JROTC, Civil Air Patrol, and Naval Sea with only eight school teams from the “Once we spoke with the school they Cadets), just missing the cut-off by a small Orlando, Fla., area, to more than 4,400 immediately jumped on the opportunity. They margin to attend the national competition. teams across the country last year. Denver were so motivated, they agreed to compete “It’s a great opportunity for us to support North’s JROTC team is one of 152 teams within a day or two of contacting them,” CW2 our youth to create the excitement for cyber from Colorado alone. Heflin said. and develop future cyber warriors.” LTC The competition is one of three key Not only was the timeline for entry into Martinez said. “I am very proud of Chief elements of the Cyber Patriot, National the competition tight, the first events were Heflin for his efforts to build a new program at Youth Cyber Education Program. Its only weeks away. CW2 Heflin and three other our local high school. He is a dedicated Soldier mission is to inspire students to pursue Soldiers involved in the program had less who wants to continue to give back to the careers in cybersecurity or other science, than a month to determine if the relationship community.” technology, engineering and mathematics would work and submit an application for the The relationship is about more than (STEM) disciplines critical to the future of team. just the competition. While the Colorado the Nation. Competitions are held at the “After they signed up, we conducted about Army National Guard’s connection with State, regional and national levels. two hours of training before the first practice the community deepens, it fosters youth The genesis of the Colorado Army round. We used that practice as a training and interest in cyber – potentially motivating National Guard’s involvement with Denver familiarization event,” CW2 Heflin said. students to consider careers in cyber that meet North High School came from CW2 Robert Working with the students twice a week community, State and national needs for cyber Heflin, telecommunication manager, and from October through January, Colorado talent. the Colorado National Guard Assistant Guard Soldiers provided cyber defense “Building relationships that encourage our Adjutant General – Cyber, Space and training in Windows and Ubuntu operating young men and women to pursue careers in Missile Defense. BG Michael Willis. BG systems, hardening those systems, detecting cyber and other STEM fields is a critical step Willis asked Colorado Army National vulnerabilities, and mitigating vulnerabilities. towards ensuring we have both the military Guard Deputy Director of Information During the practice and qualifying and civilian workforce necessary to protect Management LTC Isaac Martinez to explore rounds of the competition, the team received our Nation and ensure our economic viability cyber-related community engagement a download package with instructions, in the future.” BG Willis said. “In order to projects based upon the Colorado National questions, and a simulated cyber machine have the diverse workforce we’re going to Guard’s Connect Colorado initiative. CW2 environment. The team had six hours to need then, we have to invest in diverse young Heflin began searching more than two years identify and solve a series of 15-20 problems/ people now.” l 2 C-S ISSUE 3 // VOL 1 // State Spotlight - Colorado Army National Guard COLORADO CW2 Johnston, of the Colorado Army National Guard’s Defense Cyber Operations Element, provides a briefing to the joint Task Force –Centennial, at the Regis University Training Center at Greenwood Village Colo. Cyber Games recruiting personnel to fill positions in both For example, the Colorado Army units. National Guard participated in the vital One of 10 teams across the U.S., CPT connection cyber security exercise with Strengthen Ties 174 is a 39-person National Guard element, Regis University Feb. 11-12, 2017, at the shared with Utah, North Dakota, and South Regis campus in Greenwood Village, and Technical Skills Dakota. Colorado is home to the command Colorado. headquarters and the inspection team. “Our The exercise, which increased BY Air Force TSgt Jecca Geffre, stated mission is to be the first military interagency coordination efforts, involved a COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD responder for major cyber incidents in FEMA critical infrastructure protection scenario, Colorado National Guard photos by [Federal Emergency Management Agency] where one of the State’s 1,738 dams Maj Darin Overstreet Region 8,” LTC Rhodes said. “Teams from experienced a malicious cyber-attack. each area can act as attackers, defenders, The players divided into two teams: one cyber-attack is invisible, is inspectors or hunters who seek out the threat.” team acted as the hackers, or the opposing often undeterred by boundaries The DCOE team defends against local force (OPFOR), and the other defended and is extremely dangerous. attacks on DoD networks supporting the against attacks, acting as BLUFOR. To AThe possibilities for damage are endless. Colorado National Guard. The Colorado experience both perspectives, the teams Attacks can range from small annoyances, governor can also call upon the 10-person switched roles in the second half of the to catastrophic damages to loss of life DCOE team to assist with State-level defensive exercise. The teams included Colorado and property. Colorado National Guard cyber operations, when civilian assets are National Guard information technology leadership has been concerned with unavailable or exhausted. specialists, instructors and students from proactively defending against potential cyber LTC Rhodes emphasized how Regis University and civilian industry vulnerabilities, since the late 1990s when partnerships are important to cyber programs. experts who provided guidance along the prepping for Y2K. “Some organizations only think of cyber way. LTC Brad Rhodes is the commander of protection when they experience a significant LTC Isaac Martinez, the director Cyber Protection Team (CPT) 174 and the problem or breach,” he said, “We want [to of Joint IT and Communications for Defensive Cyber Operations Element (DCOE) maintain] a secure community that is leading the Colorado Army National Guard, of the Colorado Army National Guard. He is the way.” emphasized how important trust is for Citizen-SoldierMagazine.com 3 COLORADO “If you come to cyber, you will get significant professional certifications and experience, making you extremely marketable.” – LTC Brad Rhodes those within the industry. the military. If you come to cyber, you will bad guys to do bad things,” LTC Rhodes said. “This was a great opportunity for us to get significant professional certifications and “The Guard has always been a force build relationships, because IT is all about experience, making you extremely marketable, multiplier,” he said. “Our traditional [cyber trust; you have to trust someone before and you get to work in the cutting edge of the operations] Soldiers bring a great deal of you allow them to do anything on your i n du s t r y.” industry understanding and perspective to the network,” LTC Martinez said. “This exercise “We’ve had people come to us from fight. That experience engenders trust with allows [our] partner organizations to build unexpected fields – Special Forces, aviators, our partner agencies.” that trust.” etc.,” said CW2 Laura Cobert. A DCOE According to Forbes.com, more than a Mr. Clark, an IT manager at Northern member, CW2 Cobert was a key planner for million cyber-related jobs will remain unfilled Water in Berthoud, Colorado, said he the exercise.
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