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- Ongoing right now is Exercise Black Demon.

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Right now we are running our two cyberprotection teams,

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^854 CPT, and 901 CPT, through this exercise to validate

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^their readiness and preparedness to execute their

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task mission, which is to defend critical assets

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and systems from the cyberthreat of advanced adversaries

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that our nation face.

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So the threat today is definitely gaining sophistication,

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and so the adversary, we see it in the news,

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the adversary is gaining in its abilities and its

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prominence that we see in everyday life in terms of

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what we're being attacked with.

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Everything from the OPM hack to the Sony hack.

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A unique aspect of the cyberprotection team is that

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it's not intended to defend the entire network,

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it's a different approach.

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It's an approach of mission assurance, to ensure

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that the key components is what we focus on.

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We're really excited about this exercise because it is

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the first time that we are able to do this exercise

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from Scott Air Force Base, running it, assessing it,

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all within our wing, using our people, using our range,

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using our resources, and we are partnering with

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Scott Air Force Base COM Squadron and Mission Defense Team

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to act as our mission partners, and we're excited about

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being able to take advantage of that going forward

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and look to do more Black Demon exercises here for our teams

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as well as continual validation of our teams going forward

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into the future.