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Cyber Huntsville Overview Briefing To STTR / Small Business Conference 11 August 2011 Rodney L. Robertson, Ph.D. President, Cyber Huntsville Initiative.

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1 Cyber Huntsville Overview Briefing To STTR / Small Business Conference 11 August 2011 Rodney L. Robertson, Ph.D. President, Cyber Huntsville Initiative rlrobert@auburn.edu 256-327-3158 1

2 Agenda Introduction To The Cyber Huntsville Initiative Accomplishments and Future Plans 2

3 Cyber: A National Vulnerability 3 “I believe that the dawn of cyber attacks and cyber defense is going to have the same impact on relations between nations that the dawn of nuclear weapons had.” “The threat of cyber attack is very real and it is available not only to nations but to groups of individuals who may or may not be sanctioned by nations, and to criminals, and to terrorists.” “Cyber attack and cyber defense are here to stay. We as a nation are ill prepared for it, as is every other nation.” - General Peter Pace, USMC (Ret), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

4 Cyber Huntsville Mission  Build A Cyber Center Of Excellence With Global Reputation And Global Reach Through A Collaborative Community Effort In The Tennessee Valley  By Creating The Cyber Center, Leverage Huntsville’s Collective Intellectual Capital, Facilities, And Capabilities To Help Solve The Critical Cyber Security Challenges That Our Nation Faces  By Creating The Cyber Center, Bring Cyber Work To Huntsville And Execute This Work In Huntsville  Educate The Tennessee Valley Community And The National And International Cyber Communities on Cyber Security Capabilities And Cyber Security Expertise That Exist In The Huntsville Area 4 A Nationally And Internationally Recognized Cyber Leader That Serves DoD, Other Federal Agencies, And Commercial Markets A Nationally And Internationally Recognized Cyber Leader That Serves DoD, Other Federal Agencies, And Commercial Markets

5 Role Of Cyber Huntsville In The National Cyber Solution Set 5 Cyber Intelligence Exploitation NSA IC Cyber Systems RDT&E Government & Infrastructure Defense (CND) DHS Cyber Operations CYBERCOM DoD Huntsville Can Provide Cyber: R&D M&S Engineering T&E Experimentation …To Fight In A Degraded Cyber Environment … To Protect Infrastructure Huntsville Can Provide Cyber: R&D M&S Engineering T&E Experimentation …To Fight In A Degraded Cyber Environment … To Protect Infrastructure Common Goal: To Establish Dominance In Cyberspace To Assure Our Critical Infrastructure And National Security

6 Systems Primes Small Businesses Service Labs FFRDCs Universities Other Entrepreneurs Cyber Huntsville Framework… 6 Network Operations Defend Respond Adjust Shared Awareness “Protect Institutional Assets” Cyber Solutions Fixes & Innovations Stand-Alone & Networked Development Environments “Capabilities” “Defenders” “Developers” Requirements/ Needs Solutions/ Support Synchronize/Integrate NetOps to Drive Cyber Technologies… Public/Private Sectors NASA Army Orgs MDA Federal City Banking Hospitals TVA Other DHS/Federal Labs Mid-size Companies

7 Organizational Concept 7 Cyber Huntsville Advisory Panel Cyber Huntsville Board of Directors, Committees, and Working Group Tennessee Valley Cyber Community 36+ Community Leaders Representatives from: Government Industry Academia Banking Utilities Medical Biotechnology 150 Community Leaders and Representatives

8 Working Group 8  Federal/DoD Organizations That Are Executing Cyber Tasks  Companies With Significant Cyber Capabilities and Cyber Investments in Huntsville  Educational Organizations Teaching Cyber Courses or Conducting Cyber Research  Security and Law enforcement organizations involved in Cyber Security in Huntsville Chair: Dr. Rodney Robertson Co-Chair: Jess Granone Chair: Dr. Rodney Robertson Co-Chair: Jess Granone Working Group1. Day-to-Day Operations of the Cyber Huntsville Activities 2. Coordination of Cyber Initiatives Across the Community 2. Coordination of Cyber Initiatives Across the Community Local Government  Mayors Office  Chamber of Commerce  County Commission  Legislative Delegations Federal  SMDC  AMRDEC  AMCOM  NASA  MSIC  TSMO  TVA Industry  Small  Medium  Large Academia  Auburn  UAH  A&M  Calhoun Other  FBI  InfraGard  Local NCIS  902d  DSS

9 Cyber Huntsville Committees  Government* - Debra Wymer / Steve Cayson, SMDC  Economic Development - Pete Schofield, Cobham  Capabilities - Sandy Ring, Pikewerks / Don Faint, Dynetics  Organization - Revelle Gwyn, Bradely Arant Boult Cummings  Marketing - Jay Kurowsky, Aleta Technologies  Events - Kelly Parker, Noetic Strategies  Executive - Led by Rodney Robertson, Jess Granone 9 * Performs a logistics/liaison-type function

10 Examples Of Cyber Missions In Huntsville Cyber Resiliency For Army Weapon Systems  Command And Control Systems  Embedded Systems Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Army Applications Cyber Modeling And Simulation Cyber Network Tools Information Assurance Computer Network Defense Smart Grid Standards And Implementations and SCADA Systems Security 10

11 Cyber Alabama Initiatives Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, and Dothan Purpose of Outreach  Share Experiences, Successes, And Failures  Explore Joint Opportunities  Posture The State For Competition For DHS And Other Grants Desired Outcome  Communities And State Better Postured To Compete For Federal Dollars  Mutual Support For Initiatives  A State That Is Better Prepared To Meet The Cyber Challenge 11

12 Cyber Huntsville Accomplishments (1 of 2) Organized The Community In The Cyber Security Mission Area Branded Cyber Huntsville  Raised The Level Of Awareness And Attention That Is Focused On Cyber Security Within The Tennessee Valley Region  Raised The Level Of Awareness Of The Cyber Security Capabilities And Expertise That Exist In The Tennessee Valley Region To The National And International Cyber Communities 12

13 Cyber Huntsville Accomplishments (2 of 2) Developed And Executed a Cyber Security Needs, Requirements, And Capabilities Survey Co-Sponsored Cyber Security Summit With ISSA/InfraGard Held “Resilience of Our Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Security Summit --Lessons Learned After the Disaster” Event With DOE And DHS Established the 501(C)(6) non-profit Cyber Huntsville Corporation 13

14 Upcoming Events Space And Missile Defense Conference – 15-18 August 2011 DoD/DHS Resiliency Assessment - TBD (first planning meeting 23 August) Huntsville Cyber Table Top Exercise – October 2011  “Cyber Resolve”  Provide local, state and federal government, critical infrastructure owners/operators, key service providers, plus select private sector companies a forum to discuss collective cyber response to a widespread cyber disruption 14

15 Conclusion Cyber Huntsville brings together all Government, all industry, and all academia to build unsurpassed synergy Cyber Huntsville is already making great progress in becoming a critical part of the nation’s cyber solution set 15

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