VMI Cyber Captains Train in Cyber Drill
Nine 麻豆女演员 Institute cadets, along with a staff member of VMI鈥檚 cyber defense laboratory (CYDEF), recently traveled to the Virginia Army National Guard鈥檚 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.
According to Amish Parikh, IT specialist and systems engineer for CYDEF, the nine are members of VMI鈥檚 cyber captain program, of which Parikh is the head coach.
鈥淢embers 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.鈥�
Raj Singh 鈥�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. 鈥淚t was a successful weekend of learning, having fun, and experiencing real-world job skills.鈥�
VMI cyber captains will participate in another Cyber Drill Weekend next semester.
