New England guardsmen test their skills in Cyber Yankee 2020

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https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2020/08/03/new-england-guardsmen-test-their-skills-in-cyber-yankee-2020/

By Mark Pomerleau
C4ISRNET.com
08/03/2020

Members of the National Guard from New England states concluded a two-week 
cyber exercise that sought to test the cyber skills of guardsmen and 
critical infrastructure operators.

Cyber Yankee 2020, which took place July 21-31 in New Hampshire, involved 
more than 200 National Guard members and their civilian counterparts from 
across New England states, along with some active-duty partners and 
participants from local, state and federal agencies. In its sixth year, 
there was less attendance than previous years due to the coronavirus 
pandemic, but several were able to participate remotely.

“Cyber Yankee is primarily a hands-on keyboard cyber incident response 
exercise for National Guard soldiers and airmen in FEMA Region 1, which 
are the six New England states,” said Lt. Col. Woody Groton, a member of 
the New Hampshire Air National Guard and the director for Cyber Yankee, 
according to a Facebook post by the New Hampshire Air National Guard.

Groton said in a video that the exercise is primarily focused on the 
electrical and water sector.

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