ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
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“ THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE BUILT HERE IN NH ARE REALLY IMPORTANT . WE HAVE MUTUAL TRUST AND REAL FRIENDSHIP ”
Lt Col Woody Groton , CIO , NH National Guard
Defense ( DoD ). “ The one part we keep firmly in-house is in the cryptology piece , and for our classified networks of course we work with the National Security Agency .”
From its inception in 2015 , Groton has been a key leader in the annual Cyber Yankee Exercise across the six New England states . This , he explains , is an initiative which coordinates the National Guard ’ s cybersecurity response team ( its ‘ Blue Team ’) with entities outside of the DoD from national agencies like DHS , FBI ,
JUNE 2020