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Cyber Awareness Challenge

Members of the 71st Theater Information Operations Group with the Texas Army National Guard participate in training during exercise Cyber Shield 2025 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 3, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine McCarthy)

Pentagon eyes 3-year cyber training requirement, overriding new Army policy

“The shift to a three-year training cycle perfectly balances the Department’s security imperatives with our commitment to restoring warfighter readiness," said Aaron Bishop, chief information security officer…
U.S. service members and Kuwaiti Land Forces participate in the game operation cyber justice, an event of the Best Cyber Warrior Challenge at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 15, 2019. (Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Christopher Lindborg)

Commanders now responsible for cybersecurity training after Army cuts online course requirement to once every 5 years

The Army “found no relational improvement difference in cybersecurity outcomes between the annual training and other less burdensome forms of awareness,” according to a senior service official.
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