{"id":8492,"date":"2023-07-14T19:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T19:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=8492"},"modified":"2023-07-25T18:45:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T18:45:36","slug":"md-cyber-soldiers-share-knowledge-with-armed-forces-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2023\/07\/14\/md-cyber-soldiers-share-knowledge-with-armed-forces-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina\/","title":{"rendered":"Md. Cyber Soldiers share knowledge with Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By 1st Lt. Dylan Bradford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LAUREL, Md. – The Maryland Army National Guard\u2019s 169th Cyber Protection Team (CPT) hosted a team-building cyber event for members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH), at the Pvt. Henry Costin Readiness Center in Laurel, Maryland, July 10-14, 2023.

The 169th CPT, a team of full-time cyber professionals established in 2017, gives the Maryland National Guard the ability to protect against increasingly pervasive cyber threats. One of its primary functions is to assist with validation of other cyber protection teams. This includes supporting events intended to develop, train, and exercise cyber forces in the areas of computer network internal defensive measures and cyber incident response.

\u201cWe are defensive in nature,\u201d said Maryland Army National Guard Capt. Clarence Nowell III, the 169th CPT operations officer. \u201cOur duty is to respond to incidents that take place, in concert with our four core competencies of hunt, clear, harden, and assess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Since 2018, the 169th CPT has supported military-to-military knowledge transfers and developing new skills with the AFBiH through the National Guard Bureau\u2019s State Partnership Program (SPP).

\u201cOf course, the more friends you have, the better off you are on the world stage,\u201d said Nowell. \u201cWith the SPP, we’ve been able to help our partners around the world defend their networks as well as our own. We\u2019ve built relationships and we’re also gaining knowledge through the exchange of information.\u201d

The Maryland team of cyber professionals worked with several members of the AFBiH to increase their knowledge of how cyber threats can be detected and effectively countered.

\u201cIt has benefited our organization in a great manner,\u201d said AFBiH Capt. Slaven Goluza, head of the cyber security team. \u201cIt has enhanced our capabilities and our knowledge because this is very new for some of us. We have just started dealing with cybersecurity recently and any help that we can get from our partners is very beneficial. And [169th CPT] is very good at this, so we try to learn as much as we can.\u201d

The SPP provides a two-way flow of information sharing and experience for the Maryland team and members of the AFBiH.

\u201cThe partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina has illuminated a lot more threats for us, and it helps us better understand what could also affect our country,\u201d said Maryland Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marcus Vendittuoli, the 169th CPT SPP-BiH project lead. \u201cThe techniques they are using to fight their adversaries, we can adopt as well.\u201d

This year the Maryland National Guard and the AFBiH celebrate 20 years of partnership through SPP.

\u201cIt’s been very rewarding,\u201d said Nowell. \u201cWe get to work with like-minded soldiers from different countries who bring a lot to the table. They [AFBiH] have a different perspective on events that take place, a different set of eyes, and that’s always good to have in your tool bag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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