{"id":12671,"date":"2020-06-25T17:47:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/25\/pandemic-doesnt-slow-cyber-training-for-the-army\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:48:29","slug":"pandemic-doesnt-slow-cyber-training-for-the-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2020\/06\/25\/pandemic-doesnt-slow-cyber-training-for-the-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic doesn\u2019t slow cyber training for the Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While much of the national security community has had to rethink or delay operations and business practices because of the global pandemic, the Army\u2019s cyber school has been able to carry on business as usual due to prior investments in online tools and virtual training environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur virtual training environment had existed prior to COVID and that was really what our students logged into and that\u2019s where our training ranges are and where we do a lot of coding and where we \u2026 conduct our courses,\u201d Col. Paul Craft, the Fort Gordon-based school\u2019s commandant told Fifth Domain in an interview. \u201cBecause we had that environment, we were already prepared, we were already postured.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This environment is called the Virtual Training Area or VTA. It is a conglomeration of open-source technologies that Army users can login from around the world on the open internet, not the closed DoD network, to access course prep materials, courses, tests or even to note curriculum changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t