Air Force cyber school will add online training tool May 5 The Air Force s cyber school will soon use the Persistent Cyber Training Environment for its students. (U.S. Cyber Command Public Affairs)
This version of the story includes corrected information that Cyber Command has made it a goal, not a mandate, that the Persistent Cyber Training Environment becomes the training platform for the cyber mission force. WASHINGTON The Air Force school to prepare airmen to become high-end cyber defenders will introduce an online training tool in its upcoming curriculum. Designed as the premier training tool for the Department of Defense cyber force, the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) allows U.S. Cyber Command’s warriors to log on from anywhere in the world for individual or group training and mission rehearsals. The goal for PCTE is that it will be the training platform for the cyber mission force in the future.
Cyber Command works to address criticism over how it integrates tools challenges remain March 12 Cyber Command has created a pair of integration offices aimed at synchronizing systems and capabilities built across the services for cyber warriors. (U.S. Cyber Command) WASHINGTON U.S. Cyber Command is working to instill more seamless integration of disparate cyber war-fighting systems.
Congress has expressed concern that the command’s vision lacks a governance strategy to connect systems together, a key finding of an audit published in November by its nonpartisan watchdog. Lawmakers ordered the Department of Defense to report to them on its governance strategy, called the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture. While the report, turned in at the end of the previous administration, is not released publicly, a Senate Armed Services Committee staffer told C4ISRNET that the senators were correct in their assessment that the cyber strategy lacked proper structures.
A recent report on accidents and mishaps in the Air Force reveals some mixed data, while the force looks for what s next with its tanker fleet. Also, updates on PT uniforms and tests, and analysis on what s ahead in counter-drone warfare. All that and more on Defense News Weekly for March 19, 2021. Close