Cyber warfare research institute to open at West Point

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http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140407/NEWS04/304070052/Cyber-warfare-research-institute-open-West-Point

By Joe Gould
Staff writer
Army Times
April 7, 2014

The Army’s academy has established a cyber warfare research institute to 
groom elite cyber troops and solve thorny problems for the Army and the 
nation in this new warfighting domain.

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., plans to build a cyber 
brain trust unprecedented within the service academies, filling 75 
positions over the next three years — including scholars in technology, 
psychology, history and law, among other fields.

The chairman of the organization, called the Army Cyber Institute, will be 
retired Lt. Gen. Rhett Hernandez, the first chief of Army Cyber Command, 
according to Col. Greg Conti, the organization’s director.

The institution, which aims to take on national policy questions and 
develop a bench of top-tier experts for the Pentagon, will be defining how 
cyber warfare is waged, to steer and inform the direction of the Army.

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