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Cyber

Parsons Hosts Third Cyber Exercise With NSA

Thursday, April 14th, 2016

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Parsons Hosts Third Cyber Exercise With NSA

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Parsons this week is hosting its third Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX), a four-day information assurance (IA) event aimed at helping train participants from military institutions in secure network operations, the company said Tuesday.Taking place from April 11–14 at the company’s cyber center in Columbia, Md., the team-focused CDX is being run by the National Security Agency (NSA) as part of its commitment to raise awareness among future military leaders about IA challenges and vulnerabilities in the emerging net-centric world, Parsons…

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