Archive Articles (2020)

By Dr. Lynn M. Houston

September 20, 2020

The skills that students acquire in liberal arts programs may be exactly what cyber security teams need.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Specialist William Phelps)

By Professor Dennis Dias and Professor John Doherty

August 17, 2020

In the face of the ongoing pandemic, National Guard communications assets should be deployed to provide broadband access to rural and underserved communities.

(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Kellyann Novak)

By Veronica Wendt

June 1, 2020

Lt. Col. Blake George leveraged his National Defense University College of Information and Cyberspace education in emerging technologies to assist the White House-led supply chain task force for COVID-19 test kit supplies.

By Mark Pomerleau, MCPA Public Affairs Officer and Chris Kubecka

May 29, 2020

During the third Lockdown Lunch & Learn webcast May 3, Chris Kubecka, founder and CEO of HypaSec, outlined the cybersecurity threats caused by the ongoing pandemic and the increase in teleworking.

By Mark Pomerleau, MCPA Public Affairs Officer and Lt. Col. Roman Vitkovitsky, USMC

May 5, 2020

During the second Lockdown Lunch & Learn webcast April 28, Roman Vitkovitsky, Director of Cyberspace Operations for the United States Marine Corps, discussed the use of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) to counter nation state "infodemic" campaigns.

By Mark Pomerleau, MCPA Public Affairs Officer

April 23, 2020

During the inaugural Lockdown Lunch & Learn webcast April 21, Brad Rhodes, MCPA HammerCon Co-Lead and a cyber warfare officer in the Colorado Army National Guard, provided a threat briefing of the ways actors are trying to exploit the current crisis and ways organizations can protect themselves from the activity.

By Daria Bahrami, Contributing Editor

April 17, 2020

Without voter confidence and electoral integrity, the foundation of US democracy would be fragile at best.

By José Fernández

March 4, 2020

Disassociated Levels of Cyber Infrastructure vs CNO Snake Oil; Which is Better?

By Christine B. Piry, Events Director, MCPA

February 3, 2020

This past December, the Military Cyber Professionals Association (MCPA) held its 2019 Board of Advisors Dinner Meeting.

By Paul F. Renda

January 20, 2020

Injected electromagnetic pulses (EMP) could have catastrophic effects on portions of our infrastructure -- and unlike a nuclear detonation, injected EMP is feasible with low cost, off-the-shelf hardware.

By LTC Brad E. Rhodes, HammerCon Co-Lead

January 6, 2020

Save the date for 23 June 2020 to take part in our community's first national convention, HammerCon! Find info about our first "Con" and the call for papers and presentations (CFP) here.