1. Research Initiatives – Advances for Government and Industry
CERTS Workshop 2:
Research Initiatives – Advances for Government and Industry
Chair: AM COL Dan Bennett, Army Cyber Institute
PM COL (Ret) Eric Toler, Georgia Cyber Center

2. Research Initiatives – Advances for Government and Industry
 Challenge Area Topic: Challenges of applying research from Government and Industry within the academic environment.
* How do we take research initiatives driven from the challenges that exist within government and industry and get at both of those in academia.
* How do we know what those are in the first place and also better understand the parallel challenges between government and industry
* How do we know who is doing what research and where in order to help mitigate duplicative efforts
* How do we prioritize the challenges and build efficiencies across all of the entities represented here and far.

3. Research Initiatives – Advances for Government and Industry: Sub Groups
Challenges of applying research from government and industry within the academic environment —led by COL Thomas E. “Eric” Toler (Ret), EXDIR Georgia Cyber Center
Challenges of prioritizing and developing cyber solutions and training the cyber workforce —Led by CDR Pablo Breuer, SOFWERX Innovation Officer
Leveraging Industry Cyber Learning Objectives for Multi-Domain Operations Training for Warfighters —Led by LTC William “Bill” Platte (Ret), VP Mod & Sim and Business Development, Metova

4. Subgroup 1: Partnership Opportunites
What are the largest constraints to government and private industry’s ability to conduct collaborative research with universities (e.g. security classification, proprietary/intellectual property concerns, policy limitations, cost, timeliness, etc.)?
What are the best practices to facilitate collaborative research between government, private industry, and academia (e.g. internships, symposiums, grants, CAEs, etc.)?
What are some current opportunities for government and private industry to conduct collaborative research with academic institutions?

5. Subgroup 2: Prioritizing solutions, training
Challenges recruiting, retaining, and promoting the cyber workforce
Challenges with defining and prioritizing cyber requirements
Challenges maintaining proficiency in the cyber workforce

6. Subgroup 3: Leveraging Industry for Multi-Domain Operations Training
Translating Cyber Learning to Warfighter Training
Cyber Effects/Outcomes for the Warfighter
Training for Cyber in the Escalation of Conflict

7. Research Initiatives – Advances for Government and Industry
CERTS Workshop 2:
Research Initiatives – Advances for Government and Industry
Chair: AM: COL Dan Bennett, Army Cyber Institute PM: COL (Ret) Eric Toler, Georgia Cyber Center
Workshop Out brief
January 17, 2019

8. Workshop Groups Subgroup #1 Subgroup #2 Subgroup #3
COL(Ret) Eric Toler – Georgia Cyber Center
Darryl Stewart – Richmond County BOE
Eunjee Sablan – Cyber Protection Brigade
Gus Siettas – OPS Consulting
Kathy Swacina – Chameleon IS
Richard Honeycutt – The Citadel
Shankar Banik – The Citadel
Dennis Moen – Nemtech
Priest Perry – Mosaic Technology Group
Elizabeth Spoehel – The Citadel
Nicole Cliff – Georgia Cyber Center
CDR Pablo Breuer – SOFWERX, SOCOM J5
COL William Oden – S.C. State Guard
Timothy Goben – BAE Systems
Steve Rushing – DISA Southcom Field Office
Daniel Miller – Cole Engineering Services, Inc.
Rob Daubenspeck – CACI Cyber Development
Bob Kazimer – Cyber COE
Flavius Hobbs – MilCorp / CCoE
Athena Starry – Noretta
Jane Sonak - SAIC
LTC(Ret) Bill Platte - Metova
Danny Lacks – Cole Engineering Services Inc.
Brian Severson – Cyber Protection Brigade
Boris Lilyansly – TCM-Cyber
Jack Hatfield – TCM-Cyber
Wayne Bye - Intelligenesis

9. Group 1 Co- Chair: COL (Ret) Eric Toler, Georgia Cyber Center
Subgroup 1: Challenges of applying research from government and industry within the academic environment
PROBLEM: The research efforts between academia industry, industry, and government are not coordinated in a manner that will allow us to compete with our adversaries over the next 10 years.
Challenges:
Constantly evolving requirements / lack of threat understanding
Stovepipe structure
Competitive culture drives us apart
Information protection concerns
Opportunities:
States have an opportunity to lead in this field
Resources already available
Adopt a Development and Operations (DEVOPS) approach to research and development
Align university research to real-world cyber security challenges (internships)
Public-Private Partnerships

10. Group 2 Co-Chair: Pablo Breuer, SOFWERX
Subgroup 2: Challenges of prioritizing and developing cyber solutions and training the cyber workforce
Requirement definitions need to improve in order to allow for rapid innovation and support
Ensure input from the users (i.e. JRPs)
Include computer security professionals early on in development
Update the FAR
Mandate open standards
Allow for a more collaborative environments
UCC should set the priority
Leverage/ coordinate/different exercises/ events into a “DefenseWerx” construct

11. Group 2 Co-Chair: Pablo Breuer, SOFWERX
Subgroup 2: Recruitment, training and retention of Cyber Forces
Defined career progression
Not required to leave the cyber field to get promoted
Investment: Education, continual training and training with industry opportunities=====Follow on assignment to jobs that utilize this training (don’t just fill a slot)
Accelerated promotion schedule
FUN JOBS
Recruitment: Consider aptitude testing; potential additional testing in later
Industry: Issues with clearances; talent pool from DOD vs non Defense

12. Group 3 Co-Chair: LTC Bill Platte (Ret), Metova
Subgroup 3: Leveraging Industry Cyber Learning Objectives for Multi-Domain Operations Training for Warfighters
Actively Integrate Cyberspace and EW into M&S Training Platforms ISO MDO.
Actively Develop Training Platforms at the Strategic, Operational, Tactical levels based on user defined requirements.
Cyber for Cyber
Cyber for Others
Cyber for All
Actively Link Industry, DoD, and Academia lessons learned for Cyber/EW training is essential to National Security