{"id":770,"date":"2021-06-17T14:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/?p=770"},"modified":"2021-06-29T14:10:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T18:10:29","slug":"senator-timilty-attends-national-guard-cyber-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/senator-timilty-attends-national-guard-cyber-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Timilty Attends National Guard Cyber Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Senator Timilty Attends National Guard Cyber Exercises<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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BOURNE, MA \u2013 State Senator Walter F. Timilty (D-Milton), Senate Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Safety and Homeland Security, attended Cyber Yankee 2021 on Wednesday, June 16th. This program was a regional exercise to provide cyber responders a virtual range on which to train and test their skills against cyber attacks. The training was held at the 101st Regiment-Regional Training Institute located on Camp Edwards, Joint Base Cape Cod.<\/p>\n

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Cyber Yankee 2021 is a joint, interagency, New England cyber defense exercise, hosted this year by the Massachusetts Army National Guard.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have, right here in the Commonwealth, several agencies that have recently experienced cyber security breaches. Specifically, the Massachusetts Steamship Authority, a Massachusetts payroll company, and a hospital near the South Coastal area, have all experienced cyber attacks disrupting their operations. Imagine the consequences of a large-scale attack on critical government infrastructure or utility companies. Cyber attacks have the potential to be utterly devastating to our Commonwealth and to our nation\u2019s security,\u201d said Timilty.<\/p>\n

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Timilty said that by engaging the National Guard, the Commonwealth will be able to defend against and triage a cyber crisis.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe National Guard, specifically, the Joint Task Force \u2013 Cyber, is in a position to support industry partners in upholding critical infrastructure. These types of cyber training exercises at the local and regional levels support our national defense efforts,\u201d Timilty stated. \u201cMoreover, the National Guard, on order of the Governor, can be activated at a moment\u2019s notice to reinforce government operations if an attack occurs. By training annually, we are better positioned in the event of an actual incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Participating in the training were: 126th Cyber Battalion (MA, CT, ME, NH, VT), 202nd ISR Group (MA), 229th Cyberspace Operations Squadron (Vermont), 102nd Cyberspace Operations Squadron (RI), Defensive Cyberspace Operations Elements (Joint Force Headquarters-State G6), ANG Mission Defense Teams, North East Cyber Protection Center (USAR Cyber Operations Group), and Defensive Cyberspace Operations Internal Defensive Measures Company (US Marine Corps Reserve).<\/p>\n

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The training was broken down into four targeted groups, or \u201cBlue Teams,\u201d comprising of mission partners from across New England. A \u201cRed Cell,\u201d was then focused on barraging blue teams with a myriad of cyber attacks, while a \u201cWhite Cell\u201d regulated and assessed event operations. The friendly Blue Team had to deal with simulated attacks from an opposing Red Team.<\/p>\n

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Timilty observed operations of Blue Team 1. This team simulated a fictitious Massachusetts power company, embarking on realistic scenarios to test and develop procedures and processes, while developing practical experience with new tools of the trade.<\/p>\n

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