From computer hardware fundamentals to advanced forensic concepts, the DC3 Cyber Training Academy provides students with the skills needed to meet mission goals in the cyber environment.

Our Academy’s training prepares DOD personnel in cyber-force specialty areas with the knowledge and expertise to utilize various tools and techniques to investigate, audit, defend, monitor, detect, analyze, and mitigate threats to DOD networks and information technology systems.

FOCUS AREAS

The curriculum focuses on forensics, technologies, intelligence, and tools, and trains students in areas such as:

• Digital media examination on multiple operating system platforms in a lab environment or a deployed setting
• Network intrusion basics and log analysis
• Successfully installing software such as OpenVAS and Network Mapper in a Linux environment to assess network vulnerabilities
• Collecting and analyzing digital evidence, spanning varying levels of operational and technical complexity
• First-response fundamentals, basic cyber investigative practices and tools (like EnCase Forensic), and cyber investigation unit management

CERTIFICATION

In addition to the Academy’s certifications, the successful completion of select courses enables certain military personnel to be eligible for an Additional Skill Identifier (ASI) to their Military Occupational Specialty (MOS).