How do I become a U.S. Navy Information Professional (IP) Officer? Find an Officer Recruiter. Go to: http://www.navy.com/local Fill out the Navy Reserve IP Officer Inquiry form by going to: https://www.navy.com/start Select Interest Area: Information & Technology Select career focus area: Information Professional What do IP Officers do? IP Officers defend and oversee the seamless operation […]
Important Links for IP Officers
Online Training Navy GMTs: https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/general-skills-training/gmt Navy Cyber Security Workforce’s Skillport Portal: https://navycswf.skillport.com/skillportfe/login.action DAU Online Training: https://dau.csod.com/LMS/BrowseTraining/BrowseTraining.aspx#f=1&o=1 FedVTE: https://fedvte.usalearning.gov Cyber Defense Training Cloud: https://cdtc.cert.org/lms IASE Cybersecurity Online Training: http://iase.disa.mil/eta/Pages/index.aspx Safari Books Online: http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com Books 24×7: http://skillport.books24x7.com/login.asp?ic=0 Army e-Learning program (Skillport): https://usarmy.skillport.com/skillportfe/custom/login/usarmy/login.action Correspondence Courses: https://private.navyreserve.navy.mil/cnrfc/n-codes/n7/correspondence_courses/Pages/courses.aspx Non Resident Training Courses: https://www.courses.netc.navy.mil/default.aspx Navy e-Learning: https://learning.nel.navy.mil/ELIAASv2p/ Navy Space Cadre Community Page: https://private.navyreserve.navy.mil/cnifr/N9/Space_Cadre JKO: https://jkodirect.jten.mil/ DISA ACAS Training: http://www.disa.mil/Cybersecurity/Network-Defense/ACAS/Training DISA FSO Cyber Security […]
How to change your designator to IP Officer (1825)?
Procedures for requesting a change of designator are provided in Chapter 9 of BUPERSINST 1001.39F andMILPERSMAN 1212-010 and 1212-020. Requests should be submitted to PERS-911C via the officer’s Reserve chain of command to include the Reserve unit CO and Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) CO. The enclosed Change of Designator matrix highlights community-specific requirements for requests. Please do not submit a […]
NSA pinpoints China’s cyberattacks
A secret National Security Agency document has revealed the massive nature of China’s cyberattacks against the United States, with nearly 700 intrusions in private-sector and government networks. The cyberattacks were outlined on a map that pinpoints what are described by the electronic spy agency as “victims of Chinese cyber espionage over the past five years.” […]
Hacker Cracks Satellite Communications Network
A researcher says he can eavesdrop on — and even alter — data flowing through a satellite network operated by Globalstar, which provides communications services and equipment to militaries, oil companies, and many other organizations. “I can say with 100-percent confidence I did inject data back into the network,” Colby Moore, who works for a […]
Cybersecurity: All Hands on Deck
By Vice Adm. Ted N. Branch Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6) “OPM (Office of Personnel and Management) reveals 21.5M affected in background investigation data breach” – Fierce Government IT, 9 July 2015 “Pentagon shuts down Joint Chiefs’ email network” – Engadget, 28 July 2015 “Hacker Cracks Satellite Communications Network” – Defense […]