The Army cyber protection teams need simple tools with better training capabilities, the teams\u2019 project manager told Fifth Domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview Oct. 15 at the 2019 Association of the United States Army conference, Col. Chad Harris, project manager for Defensive Cyber Operations at the Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, shared what his teams are looking for in the new tools that it adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis goes back to tools that are intuitive [and] are easy to use and easy to train on,\u201d said Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris said he \u201ccontinuously\u201d talks to industry about these needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you give us a tool, make sure you\u2019re looking at is this thing user friendly,\u201d Harris said. \u201cDoes it have automation involved and does it make it easy for that soldier to pick it up and learn it in a short period of time? Does it have a training package that goes along with it that allows us to quickly deploy the tool?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of the need for easy-to-use tools stems from the cyber workforce shortage, he added \u2014 a problem throughout the private and public sector that is also affecting the work of the cyber protection teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTheir time is valuable,\u201d Harris said. \u201cSo the training has got to be targeted. They\u2019ve got to be able to train quickly and they\u2019ve got to be able to train wherever they need to train at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also said that new tools need to come with a training package. Harris said that the training needs to be \u201ctailorable\u201d and \u201cspecific\u201d to the needs of each individual \u2014 not require 40 hours per week in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to be able to train virtually; we\u2019ve got to be able to train live,\u201d Harris said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve got to have those training sessions off hours. And we\u2019ve also got to have that training available or that help available for them 24\/7, 365 [days a year].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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