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Magazine Home | About CYBER | Author Guide | Masthead | Archive Articles

2026

Featured Articles:

Building a Made-in-USA HammerCon Badge

By Conrad Franke

September 24, 2026


How MCPA sourced, designed, and assembled the 2026 HammerCon badge entirely in the United States on a fixed budget.



(Image: The prototype badge for the 2026 HammerCon convention)

Why HammerCon? Reflecting on five years of MCPA's must-attend national convention and why the people make it matter 

By Colonel Brad E. Rhodes

September 24, 2026


A first-person look at how HammerCon grew from a 2020 phone call into MCPA’s annual national convention and why the people are the point.



(Image: HammerCon 2020 logo)

Cyber Shield 2026: Red Team — The Steel That Sharpens Steel

By Paul Neslusan

September 24, 2026


Inside Cyber Shield 2026’s Red Team: realistic threat emulation that sharpens more than 1,000 defenders from 44 states and 23 countries.



(Image: Cyber Shield 2026 logo)

WPA2 Is Broken: Why Military and Government Networks Must Migrate to WPA3

By Summer Boatman and Benjamin O'Brien

September 24, 2026

KRACK, SSID Confusion, and Copy Fail still work on WPA2; MSU researchers argue military and government networks need to move to WPA3 now.


(Image: Cover page of the latest WPA3 Specification Document)

DEF CON 34 MCPA After Action Report 

By Michael Payne

September 6, 2026

A recap of MCPA activities at Hacker Summer Camp 2026.


(Image: The MCPA table at DEF CON)

Winning the Cyber Battlespace with a Quantum Prepared Workforce

By Mr. Scott A. Nelson, Dr. Robert Alan Young, and Dr. Britta Hale 

August 25, 2026

Building the workforce needed to operate the quantum cyber battlespace. 


(Image: Concept of a quantum prepared workforce)

Cyber Senior Enlisted Leaders Connect Over the Human Factor

By Kathleen Edwards

July 26, 2026

Senior Enlisted Leaders from the American military cyber community gathered on Fort Meade for an inaugural quarterly breakfast. 


(Image: SELs introduce themselves)

Cultivating a Chinese Cyber Workforce: Qiangwang Cup National Cybersecurity Challenge 

By Josh Baughman

March 23, 2026

An enlightening insight into the institutionalized programs of the Chinese cyber workforce development apparatus. 


(Image: Opening Ceremony of Qiangwang Cup)

Advisors Assemble to Move Beyond Collaboration

By Kathleen Edwards

January 13, 2026

As 2025 drew to a close, senior cyber leaders, practitioners, and scholars gathered to discuss their continuing support for the American military cyber community. 


(Image: Representatives from MCPA’s most active chapters)

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