COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
Dec. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- root9B, a root9B Holdings (OTCQB: RTNBD) company and
leading provider of advanced cybersecurity products, services, and
training is teaming with Science Applications International Corp.
(NYSE: SAIC) to provide advanced cybersecurity training and
simulation environments to government clients. As part of the
agreement, root9B and SAIC will focus on redefining how
organizations prepare their personnel to conduct cyber operations
through tailored training, dynamic simulation, and realistic
scenarios.
Leveraging SAIC's new training platform, SAIC Integrated
Training Edge™, root9B's industry-leading advanced cyber operations
training and DAEDALUS cyber range content, will offer a tailored,
agile, and modular training platform that supports complete cyber
force certification. SAIC's platform, abbreviated as SITE™,
integrates SAIC's people, processes, tools, and technologies into
one ecosystem, drawing on decades of successful design,
development, and delivery of immersive training.
"Traditional training pipelines have focused on developing core
learning objectives in an academic environment before introducing
students to operationally relevant scenarios. The unfortunate side
effect of this divide-and-conquer methodology is an attrition of
knowledge, failure to establish relevancy, and increased time to
operational effectiveness," said Mike
Morris, root9B Chief Technology Officer. "This
partnership with SAIC counters this instructional weakness by
providing the best learning environment possible while presenting
students with challenging real-world cybersecurity operations,
scenarios, and incidents."
The effort will draw on root9B's real-world operational
experiences to deliver state-of-the-art cyber training focused on
developing the operational skills needed to protect against the
evolving capabilities of cyber adversaries and elevate the skills
of future cybersecurity teams.
As a Mission Qualification Training (MQT) provider to multiple
Department of Defense cyber units, root9B understands that
developing relevant, practical knowledge, insight, and technical
skills is central to establishing a cadre of cybersecurity teams
who are mission-ready. This provides validation of full-spectrum
courses of action driven by the specific needs of government, and
critical infrastructure market segments.
"This collaboration will enable operationally-focused teams to
receive immersive training in areas like Joint Operations Planning
Process (JOPP), cyber operations, and advanced training in
Operational Design and Operational Art," said Josh Jackson, SAIC Senior Vice President and
General Manager of the Training and Simulation Service Line.
"Together, we are helping our customers address highly complex
training challenges in cyber operations."
With this joint effort, SAIC and root9B will provide customers
with technology-driven, skills-based services, delivered on-demand,
customized to individual needs, and aligned to budget and
operational requirements.
About root9B
Ranked as the #1 Cybersecurity company
for four consecutive quarters by Cybersecurity Ventures
(Jan 2016), root9B stands in defiance
of the unwanted human presence within our clients' networks by
attacking the root of the problem—the adversary's ability to gain
entry and remain undetected. root9B's application of advanced
technology developed through cutting-edge R&D and engineering
and refined through relevant, hands-on training is revolutionary.
root9B combines next generation technology, tactics development,
specialty tools, and deep mission experience. root9B personnel
leverage their extensive backgrounds in the U.S. Intelligence
Community to conduct advanced vulnerability analysis, penetration
testing, digital forensics, incident response, Industrial Control
System (ICS) security, and Active Adversary Pursuit (HUNT)
engagements on networks worldwide. For more information, visit
www.root9B.com.
About root9B Holdings
root9B Holdings is a leading
provider of Cybersecurity and Regulatory Risk Mitigation. Through
its wholly owned subsidiaries root9B and IPSA International, root9B
Holdings delivers results that improve productivity, mitigate risk
and maximize profits. Our clients range in size from Fortune 100
companies to mid-sized and owner-managed businesses across a broad
range of industries including local, state, and government
agencies. For more information,
visit www.root9BHoldings.com
About SAIC
SAIC is a premier technology integrator
providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical,
engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology
markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and
domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and
integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's
approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission
focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia,
SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.3 billion. For more information,
visit saic.com.
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