1 00:00:01,269 --> 00:00:04,929 CNMF . To me is a team of highly 2 00:00:04,940 --> 00:00:07,380 motivated joint service personnel and 3 00:00:07,389 --> 00:00:09,930 civilians who are dedicated towards a 4 00:00:09,939 --> 00:00:12,310 common goal to defend America and its 5 00:00:12,319 --> 00:00:13,659 partner networks , 6 00:00:19,930 --> 00:00:21,819 mission of Cyber National Mission 7 00:00:21,819 --> 00:00:23,930 Forces to defend the nation . CNMF is 8 00:00:23,930 --> 00:00:26,569 made up of all branches of service . So 9 00:00:26,579 --> 00:00:28,690 what's interesting about CNMF and its 10 00:00:28,690 --> 00:00:30,412 posture is we rely on a lot of 11 00:00:30,412 --> 00:00:32,246 different skill sets while Cyber 12 00:00:32,246 --> 00:00:34,468 command does the strategic planning and 13 00:00:34,468 --> 00:00:36,523 global coordinations for Cyber ops . 14 00:00:37,034 --> 00:00:39,201 Cyber National Mission Force is one of 15 00:00:39,201 --> 00:00:40,994 the execution arms . My job 16 00:00:41,005 --> 00:00:42,949 specifically is to chase malicious 17 00:00:42,949 --> 00:00:45,172 cyber actors on behalf of CNMF , I have 18 00:00:45,172 --> 00:00:47,394 personally never been able to work with 19 00:00:47,394 --> 00:00:49,616 the smartest individuals from all walks 20 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:51,561 of life until I came here . Such a 21 00:00:51,561 --> 00:00:53,860 great opportunity to really be on the 22 00:00:53,869 --> 00:00:57,189 front of the cyber environment . It's a 23 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,200 dynamic environment . You got to be 24 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,978 ready to work hard . One of our 25 00:01:00,978 --> 00:01:03,089 strengths as a Cyber National Mission 26 00:01:03,089 --> 00:01:05,129 Force is we go where we know the 27 00:01:05,139 --> 00:01:07,769 adversaries are hunt forward , we meet 28 00:01:07,779 --> 00:01:10,175 with partner nations that have maybe 29 00:01:10,184 --> 00:01:12,985 had a compromise on one of their 30 00:01:12,995 --> 00:01:15,684 networks and they say , hey , us , can 31 00:01:15,694 --> 00:01:18,165 you come help us identify what is this 32 00:01:18,175 --> 00:01:20,342 threat on our network . How do we take 33 00:01:20,342 --> 00:01:22,397 care of it ? What are the best steps 34 00:01:22,397 --> 00:01:24,619 forward altogether ? It's a really good 35 00:01:24,619 --> 00:01:27,745 partnership . We're specifically tasked 36 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:29,865 with targeting those key nation state 37 00:01:29,865 --> 00:01:31,865 actors , which are a very important 38 00:01:31,865 --> 00:01:33,976 role within the overall cyber command 39 00:01:33,976 --> 00:01:36,032 mission . But our unique authorities 40 00:01:36,032 --> 00:01:38,050 that we carry um and being able to 41 00:01:38,059 --> 00:01:40,480 provide both that intel support uh 42 00:01:40,489 --> 00:01:42,879 working with our interagency partners , 43 00:01:42,889 --> 00:01:45,111 uh integrating all of those things with 44 00:01:45,111 --> 00:01:47,278 both our cyberspace operations and our 45 00:01:47,278 --> 00:01:49,500 information operations is a very unique 46 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,722 aspect that the CNMF is able to provide 47 00:01:51,722 --> 00:01:54,510 to Cyber command as a whole on a daily 48 00:01:54,519 --> 00:01:56,575 basis . I'm making an impact and I'm 49 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:58,686 part of a bigger picture and making a 50 00:01:58,686 --> 00:02:00,809 change for real world effects that I 51 00:02:00,819 --> 00:02:02,819 will see on the news in a couple of 52 00:02:02,819 --> 00:02:06,790 weeks . There's no 53 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,139 better feeling than prevent something 54 00:02:09,149 --> 00:02:11,260 from happening . This is rewarding to 55 00:02:11,260 --> 00:02:13,509 me because it has a direct impact on 56 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,520 our way of life and defense of this 57 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,089 nation . You will be able to have a 58 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:21,190 direct impact to everyday life for the 59 00:02:21,199 --> 00:02:23,310 better of the nation . You definitely 60 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:25,421 leave work every day with the feeling 61 00:02:25,421 --> 00:02:27,477 that you have accomplished something 62 00:02:27,477 --> 00:02:29,532 and that what you're doing matters . 63 00:02:29,532 --> 00:02:31,755 It'd be hard to say that anyone's doing 64 00:02:31,755 --> 00:02:33,366 it better . I'm an Air Force 65 00:02:33,366 --> 00:02:35,169 Intelligence officer . I am a 66 00:02:35,179 --> 00:02:37,350 cyberspace operations planner . We 67 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,582 defend the nation against militia cyber 68 00:02:39,582 --> 00:02:41,960 actors . I am we are Cyber National 69 00:02:41,970 --> 00:02:42,789 Mission Force