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“ WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ELECTRICAL POWER AND WATER INDUSTRIES ”
Lt Col Woody Groton , CIO , NH National Guard the digital era , and one of its key tasks today is to always be ready to foresee and defend against threats to the nation that come from cyberspace .
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , a natural disaster , has given rise to uncertainties that could be exploited by an attacker , whether motivated by criminal or political goals . For example , imagine that a hospital system might be targeted at this time , muses Lt Col Woody Groton , Chief Information Officer of the New Hampshire Army National Guard . As a Certified Information Systems Auditor ( CISA ) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional ( CISSP ), Groton leads a team of IT professionals responsible for the Guard ’ s network and ensures its readiness to counter any threat . “ Cyber security is integrated into everything we do . With IoT permeating everything , almost any activity you care to name could potentially be disrupted , so network modernisation is one of the top U . S . Army priorities currently .”
The Army ’ s cloud strategy isn ’ t too different from that of any large business or organisation , partnering with names like Cisco , Oracle , Microsoft ,
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