Transcript ACI Updatex
Army Cyber
Institute
COL Andrew O. Hall
Director, ACI
"Momentum non vertendum" - Irreversible Momentum
ACI Mission, Vision, Values
Vision
To develop intellectual capital and impactful partnerships that
enable the nation to outmaneuver our adversaries in cyberspace.
Mission
The ACI is a national resource for research, advice and
education in the cyber domain, engaging Army,
government, academic, and industrial cyber communities
in impactful partnerships to build intellectual capital and
expand the knowledge base for the purpose of enabling
effective Army cyber defense and cyber operations.
Values
Excellence – Do everything well and people will trust us
Partnership – Non-competitive, results-driven team effort
Innovation – Think outside the box, avoid groupthink
Candor – Remain tribe-agnostic and be an honest broker
The Honorable John McHugh with LTG
Caslen and COL Conti at the ACI RibbonCutting Ceremony on 3 Oct 2014
Outreach, Advise, Research, Educate
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The Army’s Cyber Triad
Army Cyber Institute
Intellectual Capital
Ongoing Initiatives:
Impactful Partnerships
• Cyber Support to Corps and
Below
• Talent Management
• Cyber Leadership
Development Program
• Simulations & Exercises
• Jack Voltaic
• Internet of Things
• Big Data & Machine
Learning
• Threatcasting
U.S.
2016
Fostering Innovation
Preventing Strategic Surprise
Outreach, Advise, Research, Educate
All-Army CyberStakes
4112 problems solved by
649 participants
40 National Guard
20 Army Reserve
29 ROTC Cadets
80 USMA Cadets
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Winning Junior Enlisted 25B from 1st ID
Winners travel to CyCon U.S. courtesy of ACI
45% never played in a CTF before
73% have no CNMF experience
Jack Voltaic
25 Organizations
137 Participants
NYPD developed new procedures for dealing with
attacks against 911 as a direct result of this exercise
Threatcasting
Trends
Technical
Data w/
an opinion
SF Proto
Social
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Vision for 2026
Future we want
Future we want
to avoid
2016
Vision
2026
• Complex systems’ vulnerabilities
– Efficiency is easy to hack
Preliminary Findings:
(10+ yr away threats)
• Weaponization of data
• Weaponization of artificial intelligence
• Exploitation of the global supply chain
CyCon U.S.
International Conference on Cyber Conflict
• 21-23 October 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Center
• Forum for actionable ideas that will directly lead to
better defending the nation in cyberspace
• Brings together academia, government, industry
– Thought leaders in each sector
– Over 400 registered attendees
• Powerful keynotes
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SEN Mark Warner
GEN(R) Keith Alexander
Kevin Mandia
Ted Koppel
Terrell Sweeney (FTC Commissioner)
MG(R) Uzi Moscovici (Israeli Defense Forces)
Melissa Hathaway