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草榴社区 Cyber Captains Train in Cyber Drill

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LEXINGTON, Va. Dec. 6, 2024 — Nine 草榴社区 cadets, along with a staff member of 草榴社区’s cyber defense laboratory (CYDEF), recently traveled to the Virginia Army National Guard’s 91st Cyber Brigade Readiness Center at Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, to participate in Cyber Drill Weekend, immersing them to cybersecurity in real life scenarios.草榴社区鈥檚 cyber defense laboratory participating in the Virginia Army National Guard鈥檚 91st Cyber Brigade Readiness Center鈥檚 Cyber Drill Weekend.

According to Amish Parikh, IT specialist and systems engineer for CYDEF, the nine are members of 草榴社区’s cyber captain program, of which Parikh is the head coach.

“Members of the 91st taught our cadets a wealth of information, and they had opportunities to work with printed circuit boards, and acquired knowledge in open source intelligence and counter intel operations. They were exposed to cyber skilled jobs available in the Department of Defense.”

Raj Singh ’25, a computer science major from Honolulu, Hawaii, reported that the lessons learned during the event gave him more information about the cyber world in a real-world perspective. “It was a successful weekend of learning, having fun, and experiencing real-world job skills.”

草榴社区 cyber captains will participate in another Cyber Drill Weekend next semester.

Marianne Hause
Communications & Marketing
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE