127th Cyber Operations Squadron joins the fight
AddThis Sharing Buttons
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Google+Share to PinterestMore AddThis Share options
WICHITA, KS, UNITED STATES
04.01.2016
Story by Tech. Sgt. Justin Jacobs
184th Intelligence Wing
Subscribe 1
As the second hand of a watch ticks one tock, the Department of Defense networks have been probed 70 times, all with the hope of stealing information or intruding into our network and systems. The 184th Intelligence Wing is adding another cyberdefense capability to the DoD arsenal with the activation of the 127th Cyber Operations Squadron April 1. The 127th COS will be one of 68 cyber protection teams that the DoD recently created to strengthen the Air Force’s cyberdefense and deterrence posture.
The focus of the 127th COS and the 68 other teams revolves around the DoD’s three primary cyber missions—defend DoD networks, systems and information; defend the U.S. homeland and national interests against cyber-attacks of significant consequence; and provide cyber support to military operational and contingency plans.
Other countries or independent cyber groups threaten disruptive and destructive attacks against the United States’ technological and military advantage. The new squadron will be responsible for identifying and countering these threats to critical mission assets in support of the U.S. Cyber Command’s cyber mission force tasking.
The squadron will fall under the new 184th Cyber Operations Group and will add 71 military positions to the wing with; 19 of them being fulltime.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/206300/127th-cyber-operations-squadron-joins-fight
