Col Andrew Hall Director Army Cyber Institute on SALRadio Talking With Veterans

A Cavalry Man in Cyber Space...Engage with enemy, keep us safe, do the fighting in this new domain"


That's Col Andrew Hall, a special guest on Sons of the American Legion Radio "Talking With Veterans" segment describing the vision for the Army's new Cyber Branch and the Army Cyber Institute located at West Point.

Col. Hall, served as Director of the Army Cyber Institute since 2016 is retiring this year after nearly 30 years service. The Seattle, WA native is a 1991 graduate of West Point where he studied computer science, served as Infantry officer in the US Army for six years before studying for a masters in mathematics, and later a Ph.D. at the University of Maryland.

Highlights of our discussion:
- The Army Cyber Institute is a "Think Tank" founded by senior Army leadership to consider the future problems of the cyber domain
- ACI is composed of 60 staff, reports directly to the Superintendent, located at the New South Post in Hyland Falls.
- Staff teach in 9 of 13 Academic Depts, Cyber Law, Ethics, Malware Analytics, Forensics
- Closely works with Signal, Intelligence, Cyber, Electronic Warfare communities
- Publish Quarterly Journal, Cyber Defense Review, annual conference in Washington, DC.
- Cyber Branch enables soldiers and officers to focus on cyber for their entire careers.
- Army Cyber Command has 19,000 military and civilians.
- Trying to avoid strategic surprise.
- Work with rest of Army on their cyber problems, special forces a focus.
- Importance of STEM education to the Army.

- "You learn how to work with people by working on technical teams outside of classrooms."

Video by Ken Kraetzer of Sons of the American Legion Radio based at Squadron 135 White Plains, NY

Cover photo: U.S. Army Col. Andrew Hall speaks at the International Conference on Cyber Conflict U.S. (CyCon US) on Nov. 14th, 2018, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, District of Columbia. CyCon U.S. ensures outreach to bridge gaps and to promote information exchange across Army, military, and academic, industry, and government cyber communities. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Aaron Mitchell)