NDU cyber threat workshop receives top honors from DOD

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http://fcw.com/articles/2011/12/23/ndu-icollege-cyber-workshop-dod-cio-award.aspx

By Amber Corrin
FCW.com
Dec 23, 2011

A team of faculty from National Defense University’s iCollege has 
received recognition for exceptional achievement for helping conduct a 
virtualized cyber defense workshop that yielded global collaboration on 
critical cyber defense issues.

Receiving honors from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Network 
and Information Integration)/ DOD CIO was a team that included Professor 
Gilliam Duvall, chair of the Cyber Integration and Information 
Operations Department; John Saunders, Cyber Integration and Information 
Operations Department; and John Hurley, Information Strategic Department 
at the NDU iCollege.

The U.S. DOD International Cyber Workshop, conducted Nov. 6-11, brought 
together more than 200 people representing DOD, international defense 
organizations, private industry and academia. According to a release 
from NDU iCollege, the ICDW broke an attendance record with 226 
individuals registered.

The workshop itself centered on realistic examples of cyber threats and 
focused on not just identifying the threats but ways to deal with them. 
Critical infrastructure was of particular emphasis.

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