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Cyber

Parsons To Host Cyber Defense Exercise Supporting NSA

Monday, April 10th, 2017

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Parsons To Host Cyber Defense Exercise Supporting NSA

The 2016 Cyber Defense Exercise in action. Photo: Parsons.

Parsons is hosting a 5-day cyber defense information assurance (IA) exercise run by the National Security Agency (NSA) this week at its cyber center in Columbia, Md., the company said Monday.This event, called the Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX), is run by the NSA’s Information Assurance Capabilities organization and is designed to help train military participants in secure network operations. Parsons also said the NSA is conducting this as part of its commitment to raising awareness among future military leaders about…

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