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NSA Completes Full-Spectrum Cyber Operations Exercise With Military Academies

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, April 4th, 2018

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The National Security Agency (NSA) has completed its first ever cyber exercise testing military academy teams' ability to defend against near full-spectrum cyber operations.NSA Cyber Exercise (NCX), which ran from March 19 to 21 at the U.S. Naval Academy, featured 12 teams from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard academies executing cyber defense strategies against simulated attacks against critical infrastructure and defense networks.“Since 2001, NSA has tested the defensive skills of cadets and midshipmen of the U.S. Service…

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