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Hello everyone . I'm Dave Frederick ,

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the executive director of U . S . Cyber

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command . We recently launched the

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commands academic engagement strategy

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in order to deepen our partnership with

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academia whole of nation . Teamwork is

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critical to defending the nation in

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cyberspace and closing the gaps in our

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cyber workforce . We need cyber talent

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and multiple disciplines including the

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law . So I want to share more about our

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approach . In january cyber command

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established the academic engagement

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network which is a team effort across

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the D . O . D . Cyber Mission force and

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with academia , our cyber force members

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include the command headquarters , the

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cyber National Mission Force , Our

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Joint Force headquarters focused on dod

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networks and the service cyber commands

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within the Army , Navy , Air Force

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Marines and Coast Guard . We invited

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both military schools such as the war

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colleges and non federal institutions

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to join like our partnerships with the

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interagency industry and foreign allies .

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Cyber com needed a structured program

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to align efforts with our strategic

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goals and broaden our reach the

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academic engagement network . Is that

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program known as a n for short ,

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Given our warfighting mission , one may

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ask why we considered academic

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partnerships so important First to

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succeed in today's increasingly complex

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cyber threat environment . We need the

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diverse thinking and innovation that

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comes from collaborative academic

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partnerships . Secondly , our combat

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power in cyberspace is our talented

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workforce , not our technology in the

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competition for talent . We wanted to

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make sure that students from a diverse

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group of schools across the United

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States knew about unique opportunities

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to serve the nation as a military cyber

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warrior or a Department of Defense ,

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civilian . The response from our

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nation's educational institutions was

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amazing . In just a few short months ,

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the A.N . has grown to include 92

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institutions and we have more

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applications in process . Current

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member schools are from 40 states and

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the District of Columbia . A . N .

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Members include eight federal

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institutions , including the service

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war colleges , the naval postgraduate

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school and the service academies . The

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82 non federal institution members

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include 10 minority serving

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institutions . In terms of the legal

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field , University of Maryland Carey

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School of Law and NY , which runs an

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interdisciplinary program focused on

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law , policy and cybersecurity . Join

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the network . Cyber Command has four

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strategic goals for the network . Our

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first goal is to engage and inspire

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students , encouraging them to consider

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Dods cyber careers . We want to broaden

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awareness of internships and job

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opportunities , both in the military

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and civilian ranks . Our 2nd goal

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focuses on Applied Cyber Research and

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Innovation . Cyber Command runs an

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innovation process for the cyber

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mission force and we publish our

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hardest innovation challenge problems

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which you can check out on our website .

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We will be mentoring student capstone

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projects focused on our challenge

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problems and also sponsoring events and

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workshops to highlight faculty research

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on these topics . Our third goal aims

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to tap into the deep expertise of

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academia , on understanding adversary

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cyber strategies and organizations in

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today's world . Open source analysis of

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cyber strategies , tactics and

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organizations is incredibly insightful .

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A and faculty and students will have

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access to our intelligence analysts and

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at the same time we will learn from

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their unclassified analytic results .

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As one example , we will host a panel

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of academic experts on foreign social

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media disinformation To inform us cyber

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command analysts as we prepare to

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support election security efforts for

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the 2022 cycle . Finally , we want to

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engage a diverse group of academics on

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military cyber strategy and the role of

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the military and cyberspace .

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Cyberspace continues to evolve rapidly

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today . No other domain faces the same

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complexity in terms of the roles of the

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government and private sector in

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collective defense . We will seek

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opportunities to critically examine and

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to help shape military strategy and

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doctrine . This is where you come in

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the legal field . Your field can help

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in the following ways . Unlike areas of

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law like contracts , property and torts ,

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which are informed by centuries of

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legal . President cyberspace is new and

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it will be relatively new for a long

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time . Academic scholarship in areas

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like cyberspace operations is read

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widely and discussed by our attorneys

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and this work often influences our

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views on the issues that matter most to

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our operations . It is this kind of

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outside observation that is key in

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shaping our views of what we do and how

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we do it to that end . Our attorneys

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often speak at undergraduate

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institutions and law schools , not only

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to share information about our mission

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but also to engage the academic

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community and to hear their thoughts on

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our operations and broader cyber policy

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matters . These dialogues are essential

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to creating a 360° view and outside

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sets of eyes are invaluable when we

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reflect on the execution of our

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missions . This helps guide us in

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future endeavors and helps shape our

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thinking about operations and doctrine .

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Right now , our staff judge advocates

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are working with the cadets at West

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Point on research that will influence

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legal reviews of cyber com operations .

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This is a mutually beneficial

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partnership that is already bearing

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fruit as we analyze current events .

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Some of our most complex questions

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about cyberspace operations are in the

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legal and policy realms and as we

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expand our academic partnerships , the

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legal profession is a key aspect to

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this maturing relationship that will

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allow us to place intellectual rigor on

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our thinking as we advance the nation's

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cyberwarfare capabilities to find out

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more , check out the A . N at cyber com

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dot mil