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Attend AFCEA Events to Maintain Cybersecurity Certifications

Since its start in 2012, AFCEA’s Continuing Education (CE) program has grown by expanding to more events at both the international and chapter levels and by increasing the number of CompTIA and GIAC certifications supported.

Last year’s TechNet Augusta offered 32 sessions qualifying for continuing education units.

Incoming: What Is It Like to Take Off the Uniform?

America’s challenge with integrating veterans back into our communities is not new. As a nation, we should be doing more to facilitate and support this transition, especially over the long term.

Cybersecurity for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Missions

An ongoing effort is discovering new factors for protecting remote-controlled or autonomous craft.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pilot sits at the controls during flight tests evaluating cybersecurity. New approaches are being studied to ensure cybersecurity for links to and systems onboard UAVs.

The Adaptive And Agile Communicator

The 21st-century Signal Corps needs a cultural change to support morphing battlefield environments.

Finding Trouble Spots Before They Emerge

Defense officials have to examine what can be gleaned from demographics.

NGA Sets Sail For Blue Water

The agency’s ship rider program helps the Navy gain crucial GEOINT at sea.

The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Vicksburg, foreground, escorts the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt as they pass the Rock of Gibraltar in the Strait of Gibraltar last March. The Theodore Roosevelt deployed from Norfolk, Virginia, to then make a homeport shift to San Diego at the end of its deployment.

Building Geodata Block by Block

Technology simplifies dissemination and analysis of reams of geospatial information.

Coping with reams of geospatial data can be a major burden for scientists, delaying research for months. A National Science Foundation project is developing the technology to remove that burden. The system so far has been used largely to analyze data concerning water flow and agriculture, but researchers say it offers potential for military, intelligence and homeland security data as well.

GEOINT Moves From Stovepipes To the Cloud

A wealth of unclassified data compels the NGA to map out a new knowledge-based future.

An NGA map of West Africa helped in fighting last year’s Ebola outbreak by illustrating the locations of vital resources and facilities. The NGA is looking to tap other types of commercial data, including social media information, to build new products that feature more diverse information.

Military, Government Focus on Statewide Cyber Education

STEM in Hawaii is boosted to sow seeds for cyber personnel.

Hawaii Air National Guardsmen evaluate network vulnerabilities during the Po‘oihe 2015 cybersecurity exercise at the University of Hawaii’s Information Technology Center. The cybersecurity exercise is part of a hurricane preparedness effort that encompasses several state and federal government organizations.

DISA Takes Proactive Approach to Cyberthreats

Embedded security and constant training help define the agency’s defensive thrust.

A serviceman monitors his computer during the Cyber Guard 2015 exercise. Efforts within the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) may lead to defense personnel receiving a cybersecurity lesson every time they log on to a military network.