By: Don Bray
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The nature of cyber threats facing our armed forces is constantly evolving. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 U.S.A. Army cyber protection team, for example, may pass weeks grooming to defend a forward-deployed organisation entirely to observe the threat has completely changed. Cyber teams are close to larn a powerful novel way to conk along stair amongst those evolving threats.
The U.S.A. Army is the Pb way that volition procure a organisation that volition alter how all armed forces services develop too rehearse for cyber missions. To receive got a shot at winning the contract, manufacture must comprehend the agile way Silicon Valley delivers software.
The Army of late posted initial requirements for the Defense-wide organisation known equally the Persistent Cyber Training Environment. PCTE volition render a novel grooming platform too connect cyber ranges across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps too Air Force, pooling their respective resources. The number volition allow cyber units too individuals to develop together across the globe.
It is clear the U.S.A. Army is going to receive got a potent requirement for software evolution practices such equally Agile. Agile too DevOps software methodology, borrowed from Silicon Valley’s playbook, develops software fast too efficiently. The old-school “waterfall” method is a strict procedure that starts amongst requirements too ends when a in conclusion production is delivered to the client – sometimes years afterward warfighter needs receive got changed.
Cyber warriors can’t afford to aspect years for updates to their grooming platforms because cyber threats alter monthly.
Raytheon was an early on adopter of software evolution best practices inwards the aerospace too defense strength industry. Raytheon made investments inwards collaborative workspaces too shed cumbersome processes to deliver faster results for programs such equally the U.S.A. Air Force’s next-generation GPS dry reason command system, known equally GPS-OCX, too the Air too Space Operations Center Weapon System. Like PCTE, these programs are vital for national security.
When PCTE employs a contractor that understands software development, it volition last able to conk along stair amongst speedily evolving cyber tools that warfighters purpose on the battlefield. When the stakes are that high, success isn’t measured past times how many lines of code are written, but past times how fast PCTE capability tin sack last delivered.
Rapid delivery is peculiarly of import for PCTE because of the complexity, breadth too depth of the services it volition provide. PCTE volition speedily connect cyber ranges across the globe, across domains too across services. Certainly, the regime volition ask a large-scale integrator amongst the resources too know-how to connect all the dots, but that integrator volition also ask Agile software best practices to conk along pace.
Raytheon is integrating best-of-class commercial products into a novel PCTE demo for display at the upcoming Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation too Education Conference, known equally ITSEC.
The novel demonstration volition connect from the demonstrate flooring to Raytheon’s cyber facility inwards Loudoun County, Virginia, emulating the remote connectivity required for PCTE. And it was all delivered using our software evolution best practices.
Don Bray is the manager for cyber grooming at Raytheon Intelligence, Information too Services. He is a quondam U.S.A. Army officeholder amongst 35 years of service. His posts include Commander, Cyber Protection Brigade too Acting Cybersecurity Director for the U.S.A. Army CIO/G6.
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