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14th TES participates at AFCEA Cyberspace Symposium
By Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum The AFCEA Cyberspace Sympo- our theme was about sending cyber- managing risk, the 14th TS hosted a
sium, held in Colorado Springs, Colo- space and how it needs more than Cyber Exploitation booth with live
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs rado, in the month of February is an technology, it needed policy changes demonstrations of various hacking
annual event geared towards bringing and acquisition changes and solutions. techniques including, radio-frequency
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — together a broad range of people in This year, the theme was wrapped identification skimming, where a
For the seventh year in a row, the 14th the technological arena in order to around managing risk.” handheld copier was used to dupli-
Testing Squadron, an operational testing discuss and solve problems that exist cate badges and access locks, home
squadron that partners with the U.S. Air in their field. This theme of managing risk stems exploitation, where different tech-
Force Warfare Center here, participated from the concept that not all things niques were used to hack into com-
in the gathering of both industry and gov- “Forums like the Cyberspace can be shielded in cyberspace, so tak- mon home Wi-Fi routers, A live ma-
ernments combined known as the Armed Symposium give an opportunity for ing an intelligent approach and safe- licious hotspot, where fake malicious
Forces Communications and Electronics governments and industry to come guarding what is vital is a necessity. hotspots were setup and would warn
Association Cyberspace Symposium. together in a professional environment the user of the dangers of connecting
and discuss problems and potential “You can’t block ever y t hing in to unknown hotspots, and Windows
solutions,” said Dean Hullings, 2016 cyberspace, so we have to take more 7 hacking, where devices were used to
vice program chairman of the Cyber- of a risk based assessment of what’s compromise and control a standard
space Symposium. “It’s a networking happening on our network and protect desktop.
and technology sharing forum, the the things that are important to us
annual event in the month of February and focus our attention there,” said “You can’t block everything in cy-
broadens the scope and bring together Hullings. berspace, so we have to take more of
lots of people.” a risk based assessment of what’s hap-
The 14th TS took this premise and pening on our network and protect the
With each passing year Rocky portrayed it in the four booths, two things that are important to us and fo-
Mountain Chapter of AFCEA choses more than were presented last year, at cus our attention there,” said Hullings.
new topics to highlight and discuss the Cyberspace Symposium.
that pertain to the ever changing The 14th TS offers a unique view to
landscape of cyberspace technology. “The point of the 14TS booth is to all that attended the symposium of how
demonstrate to attendees how easy cy- the Air Force runs their cyber systems.
“Every year we have a different ber exploitation is, and to share advice
theme, and we bring in different on how to counter some of the more “Having a unit like the 14th Test
speakers and panelists that talk to common threats,” said Maj. Marc J.
those themes,” said Hullings. “In 2015, Weber, 14th TS technical director. __________ See AFCEA, on page 8
Fitting with the 2016 theme of
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