{"id":12651,"date":"2018-02-07T20:58:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/07\/the-future-of-cyber-training-might-mean-going-inside-a-virtual-network-under-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:37:40","slug":"the-future-of-cyber-training-might-mean-going-inside-a-virtual-network-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/02\/07\/the-future-of-cyber-training-might-mean-going-inside-a-virtual-network-under-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of cyber training might mean going inside a virtual network under attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you ask top military leaders what they want to help bolster cyber capabilities, here\u2019s what they\u2019ll tell you: easy access to a training environment for cyber warriors to hone their skills both individually and collectively as a team, and to conduct mission rehearsals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s really no different than infantrymen needing a shooting range for target practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, the Army has been tasked by the Department of Defense<\/a> to run DoD\u2019s cyber training effort under a program and concept known as the persistent cyber training environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to have to have training capabilities that are largely uniform across the joint cyber force, that have both virtual and physical spaces, that in my head are the equivalent of \u2026 a wing going to Nellis or a brigade going to National Training Center,\u201d said Bill Leigher, director of government cyber solutions at Raytheon, told C4ISRNET at the West 2018 conference in San Diego, California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight now the cyber force really tends to have none of that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t