Cyber Education & Cyber Patriot
Cyber Education & Cyber Patriot
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What is cyber security?
A great way to understand what cyber is all about is to consider the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), a structure that many companies and organizations use to plan & operate their cyber programs. NIST CSF has five components, each with a number of sub-activities:
- Identify - Develop an organizational understanding to manage cybersecurity risk to systems, people, assets, data, and capabilities.
- Protect - Develop and implement appropriate safeguards to ensure delivery of critical services.
- Detect - Develop and implement appropriate activities to identify the occurrence of a cybersecurity event.
- Respond - Develop and implement appropriate activities to take action regarding a detected cybersecurity incident.
- Recover - Develop and implement appropriate activities to maintain plans for resilience and to restore any capabilities or services that were impaired due to a cybersecurity incident.
If these sound interesting to you, read on for how to get involved!
Cyber Patriot
- Each year our squadron selects a team to participate in Cyber Patriot, a national cyber competition sponsored by the Air Force Association (AFA).
- Our team will download virtual machines of different operating systems and will have a limited amount of time to identify & remediate security vulnerabilities.
- Registration in 2022 closes on October 5, so if you are interested please let SM Purcell & Capt Pedone as soon as possible!
CAP Cyber Education Resources
- CAP has an entire website dedicated to cyber, including information about CAP cyber programs, cyber missions/operations, and jobs for Senior Members.
- Refer to the Cadet Cyber page to see more about the Cyber Security Activity Guide, Encampment Module (Cyber Domain), and Aerospace Dimensions Cyber Security Module.
Cyber/STEM CAP National Cadet Special Actvities (NCSA)
- For the latest list of available NCSAs, review the CAP NHQ page.
- 2022 cyber and STEM-related activities include:
- Space Force Operations Academy
- Engineering Technologies Academy (Robotics)
- CAP National Cyber Academy
- Great Lakes Region Cybersecurity Academy
- Continue to watch the NCSA home page for updates to this list.
Cisco Networking Academy
- Are you interested in computer network operations (CNO), network engineering, or network security? Consider taking advantage of free training from Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad).
Earning the CAP Cadet Cyber Badge
- Review CAPP 60-41 for the requirements to earn the Cadet Cyber Badge.
Last update: September 2022
