{"id":85661,"date":"2023-08-17T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/17\/troops-need-improved-cyber-education-us-army-leaders-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:40:02","slug":"troops-need-improved-cyber-education-us-army-leaders-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/08\/17\/troops-need-improved-cyber-education-us-army-leaders-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops need improved cyber education, US Army leaders say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AUGUSTA, Ga. \u2014 Commanders and their troops need to be better educated about the application and limits of cyber in major military operations, U.S. Army officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attention paid to cyber as a formal discipline and general interest area has ballooned in recent years, in part because of its everyday consequences. Ransomware attacks have paralyzed critical infrastructure like hospitals and the Colonial Pipeline<\/a>, misinformation has interfered with the stateside political process and the bloody Russia-Ukraine war has highlighted the threat of virtual destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWarfare is still \u2014 and we need only to take a look at Ukraine \u2014 a very violent endeavor. Cyber alone will not win a war,\u201d Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, the leader of Army Cyber Command, said Aug. 17 at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference in Georgia. However, \u201cfailure to defend the networks that our warfighters use absolutely will cause us to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Barrett and Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, the commander of the Army cyber center of excellence, said early and continued learning is critical to cyber familiarity and proper employment down the line. Cyber specialists in the U.S. military guard valuable information, hunt and eradicate malware<\/a>, expose hacker tools, disrupt foreign networks and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barrett advocated for lessons on what\u2019s \u201cin the realm of possible\u201d and for national training centers to increasingly incorporate topics such as offensive cyber, so-called information advantage and electronic warfare. She is set to speak to an Army commander course this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\t