JMETC National Cyber Range (NCR) Complex
Abstract
The NCRC continued support for over a hundred cyber events, providing cybersecurity T&E support to Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP), Major Automated Information Systems (MAIS) Acquisition Programs, and smaller acquisition programs, as well as cybersecurity training to multiple COCOMS and Service organizations. The NCRC continued support for cyber testing of systems and subsystems across multiple domains (land, air, sea, and space) relevant to manned and unmanned aircraft, surface ships, command and control systems, data management platforms, weapons platforms, satellites, radars, and missile defense systems. The NCRC continues to support Cyber Table Tops (CTT) which help acquisition programs identify and prioritize potential vulnerabilities for further assessment and mitigation early in the acquisition lifecycle. The NCRC continued support to Service Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) with training, certification, mission rehearsal and TTP development focused events. The NCRC continued support to numerous DoD organizations in cyber activities, including Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E); Director, Developmental Test & Evaluation (DT&E); USCYBERCOM; USINDOPACOM; USCENTCOM; US SOCOM; Joint Staff J-7; US Space Force; Defense Intelligence Agency with a host of other intelligence agencies; Army Intelligence and Security Command; Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM; Army Cyber Command; Army Cyber National Mission Forces/Cyber Protection Battalions; Naval Information Forces/Fleet Cyber; Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR); Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); Air Force Air Combat Command; Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Army Test and Evaluation Command; Army PEO Aviation; Army PEO Simulation Training and Instrumentation; Navy PEO for Enterprise Information Systems; Navy PEO for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence; Navy PEO Ships; Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division; Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity; Naval Criminal Investigative Service; Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations (JCTD); and several partner nations. The NCRC supported the Army’s Rapid Cyber Development Environment (RCDN) by dramatically reducing time to put Cyberspace Attack & Enabling Capabilities (CAEC) developed tools into the hands of operators, a critical link in the Cyberspace operations kill chain. The NCRC also addressed Navy cyber test needs by assessing operational impacts of cyber-attacks on manufacturing devices discovered by the vulnerabilities routinely found on the same manufacturing devices. Results from these assessments were used to inform new processes, and to identify operational security (OPSEC), physical security (PHYSEC), and cybersecurity mitigations to secure both Navy manufacturing control systems and associated RDT&E network infrastructure. Activities continued to establish new government-controlled cyber range facilities, to include facility conversion work, procurement of computing resources, physical security accreditation, and development of training courseware for utilization of core NCRC cyber range tools by new NCRC workforce members. The NCRC continued activities to establish a multi-award IDIQ contract to expand the pool of NCRC contractor workforce members with a diverse set of required knowledge and skills to perform key functions at each NCRC location. The NCRC began implementation of an NCRC unclassified (NCRC-U) capability to provide increased access by government, academia, and industry to cyber range resources.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 7ecc802c061a32b50b6b2570c3f89d05