MARFORCYBER And The Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary

via Nina Kollars & Emma Moore, writing at War On The Rocks, comes this outstanding, sobering analysis of both current and future cybersecurity professionalism & capabilities within the United States Marine Corps MARFORCYBER and the Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary.

If you are at all interested in Offensive & Defensive Cyberwarfighting capabilities within the Department of the Navy, and more specifically within the Marine Corps, this, my friend, is Today's Absolutely Must Read. Information Security and Cybersecurity Professionals should email cyberaux@usmc.mil for more information or to volunteer with the United States Marines Cyber Auxiliary.

US Naval Institute, 'Keep Cyber Marines In The Fight' →

Superlative thought piece by Staff Sergeant Michael Gilliland, USMC, via the United States Naval Institute, provides clarity on the fundamentals of Cyber Marine retention within today's U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command. Outstanding.

"Some think the retention problem is about money. The Marine Corps is not the highest-paying organization for cyber skills today. But men and women do not join the Marine Corps for high pay." - by Staff Sergeant Michael Gilliland, USMC

'Staff Sergeant Gilliland joined the Marine Corps in 2005. He is a cyber Marine who has served as a signals intelligence (SIGINT) analyst, network analyst, member of an NSA red team, SIGINT instructor, and a watch officer.' - via the USNI Editors

Cyber Defense Review Journal →

via Red Team Journal comes notification of the new Cyber Defense Review Journal, published and sponsored by the Department of the Navy's United States Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER) and the Department of the Army's Army Cyber Institute at West Point.