Cadets: Do you have what it takes to be a Cyber Patriot?
Monday, 11 May 2009 21:16
Mark L. Curtis, 1st Lt, CAP
Information Security Competition!
Cadets: here's your chance to show off your "l337 skillz". That means "ELITE SKILLS" for the uninitiated. If you already knew that, read on! The 2009 Cyber Patriot Exercise is getting ready to kick off and you must sign up by May 27. The contest consists of several training exercises to get you ready, then a chance to defend a network against attackers. NO prior experience is necessary!
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Michigan Wing eNewsletter, 'INFormation', Requests Article/Photo Submissions
Monday, 27 April 2009 08:20
Mark L. Curtis, 1st Lt, CAP
Attention Michigan Wing Members:
Effective immediately, the Michigan Wing eNewsletter staff is accepting stories and/or pictures for the upcoming May edition of the new Michigan Wing eNewsletter. Please send your submissions as attachments to the following email address:
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Widest dissemination is requested within the wing. Stories from ALL MEMBERS will be happily accepted. Stories submitted on or before April 30th will be incorporated into the May edition of Michigan Wing's eNewsletter, which is titled, INFormation.
Thank you for your help and support!
Best Regards,
DAVID J. D'ARCY, 1st Lt, CAP
Michigan Wing eNewsletter Editor
Home Phone: (616) 786-4220 (if you get voice mail, please try my cell below)
Cell Phone: (616) 610-1014
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Be a Leader, train your people, and then train them to train others...
New Cadet Activity Announcement - CyberPatriot
Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:48
Civil Air Patrol - Cadet Programs Dept.
CyberPatriot
CyberPatriot is a cyber defense competition that tests the ability of the students to defend a simulated corporate network from external hostile attacks. But, it is far more than just a competition. It is designed to educate and motivate your cadets to become the cyber defenders the nation needs while promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
The next generation of cyber defenders will compete in qualifying rounds in the fall to vie for one of the coveted slots to travel to Orlando for the CyberPatriot II National Championship, scheduled for 18-19 February 2010.
We are working on the website link of members.gocivilairpatrol.com/cyber, but until that is completed, please refer to http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/cadet_programs/activities/cyber_patriot/
Please read the flyer for more details found at:
http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/CyberPatriot_55548BA37C934.pdf
Last Updated ( Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:03 )
Role of the Group structure in Michigan Wing
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:21
Michael A. Saile, Col, CAP, Commander, MIWG
A frequently asked question of late has been, “what is the role of the Group structure in Michigan Wing?”
Groups are authorized to be established by CAPR 20-3 with five or more units or where geographic conditions dictate. In Michigan, all of our Group boundaries are the same as the Michigan State Police District boundaries. This is to simplify the liaison with the MSP Lt responsible for coordinating Emergency Management and Homeland Security matters within the district. Ideally, the Group Commander and Group ES Officer have made contact and remain in contact with this officer and brief each other regularly on training, exercises and other matters.
The Michigan State Police is the primary state agency that we work with on missing aircraft searches, ELT searches and whom county and local officials can contact to get our assistance on missing person searches. This is the same with requests for other types of assistance such as Disaster Relief, Counter Drug and Homeland Security. The State Police are also our interface with other State agencies requesting our assistance under our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state.
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Members Portal Exceeds 200 Registered Members!
Monday, 13 April 2009 10:39
Mark L. Curtis, 1st Lt, CAP
As of this past weekend, registered membership on the Michigan Wing Members Portal has broke the 200 registered member mark! This is great to see so many of you taking  advantage of this new resource; and I look forward to seeing many more of you register.
Just a couple of important notes for registration:
- You *must* use your CAPID when you register for access
- After you register, you will receive an automated e-mail. This e-mail will include a link for you to click. Clicking this link will verify with the system that you e-mail address is a good, working address. Please make sure you watching for this e-mail and verifying your e-mail address.
- Once you do this, I will be notified and will, within 24-48 hours (usually MUCH sooner), approve your membership once verified in eServices.
I have also installed a private forum/messaging system for your use. Please take advantage of this. Get in there and ask questions, share knowledge, together we are all stronger and if we are sharing information through these means, this will greatly improve your CAP careers as well as the wing in general! INTERACT! I look forward to reading your posts!
If anyone has any questions or comments regarding anything about the Members Portal, or the Michigan Wing website in general, do not hesitate to contact me @
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Thanks for all you do for Michigan Wing,
Mark L. Curtis, 1st Lt, CAP
Director of Information Technology/Webmaster
Michigan Wing & Great Lakes Region
Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Aux.
DHS Releases Conficker/Downadup Computer Worm Detection Tool
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 10:01
Mark L. Curtis, 1st Lt, CAP
 Release Date: March 30, 2009
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the release of a DHS-developed detection tool that can be used by the federal government, commercial vendors, state and local governments, and critical infrastructure owners and operators to scan their networks for the Conficker/Downadup computer worm.
The department's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) developed the tool that assists mission-critical partners in detecting if their networks are infected. The tool has been made available to federal and state partners via the Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (GFIRST) Portal, and to private sector partners through the IT and Communications sector Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs). Additional outreach to partners will continue in the coming days.
Department cyber experts briefed federal Chief Information Officers and Chief Information Security Officers today, as well as their equivalents in the private sector and state/local government via the ISACs and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan framework.
"While tools have existed for individual users, this is the only free tool – and the most comprehensive one – available for enterprises like federal and state government and private sector networks to determine the extent to which their systems are infected by this worm," said US-CERT Director Mischel Kwon. "Our experts at US-CERT are working around the clock to increase our capabilities to address the cyber risk to our nation's critical networks and systems, both from this threat and all others."
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 April 2009 10:15 )
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