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Welcome to the fourth annual Cybersecurity Across Disciplines (CyAD) Summit hosted by the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCyTE)! 
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WARDEN: Visualizing the Cyber Kill Chain
Thursday June 25, 2026 1:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
BLDG T-403
Help us build the future of cyber defense training! Join our WARDEN group playtest and workshop to contribute to a hands-on tool that visualizes the Cyber Kill Chain and empowers our IT fleet.

The “Autonomous Cyber Defense Challenge” is a workforce development effort offered by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific’s Basic and Applied Research Department to increase our understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain and how the use of deception can mitigate attacks. This introductory course focuses on autonomous agents, network analysis, and cyber Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). NIWC Pacific Science and Technology (S&T) develops novel research to produce applications that better train organizations and personnel to defend themselves, and to augment our Naval warfighters' IT capabilities.

WARDEN is a game-like application designed to empower engineers and scientists with a comprehensive understanding of Cyber Kill Chain fundamentals. This program aims to enable participants to apply security measures, assess vulnerabilities, conduct data collection and analysis of various network locations, understand attack nomenclature, and comprehend how using deception can offset an attack. These objectives encompass a broad knowledge base, including familiarity with the taxonomy of cyber-attack behaviors, reduction in time-from-machine, and the ability to adapt to the continuously evolving landscapes of autonomous technology.

The objective of this workshop is to develop a cross-competency workforce of highly skilled network examiners and analysts who are expertly skilled at identifying attacks, understanding the benefit of creating defensive machine learning agents, and producing defensive mitigations which can be applied to mission-critical systems.
Speakers
avatar for Clinton Anderson

Clinton Anderson

Scientist – Principal Investigator, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Clinton Anderson joined the U.S. Navy in 2000 as an Electrician’s Mate, serving as a nuclear electrician aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. After eight years of active duty and three deployments, he transitioned to the Navy Reserve, serving in leadership roles throughout... Read More →
avatar for Jonathan Buch

Jonathan Buch

Scientist – Lead Programmer, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Jonathan Buch is a software developer at NIWC Pacific where he serves as the Lead Programmer for the educational game, WARDEN. He also engineers environmental test beds for the command's Energy Innovation Lab. His work is built on a deep background in cybersecurity where he has improved... Read More →
avatar for Andreas Hirschmann

Andreas Hirschmann

Scientist – Project Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Andreas Hirschmann is a Project Manager and software developer at NIWC Pacific for the educational game, WARDEN, where he develops code, creates training materials, and manages project communications. Concurrently, he serves as a training coordinator for NIWC’s cyber forensics workforce... Read More →
Thursday June 25, 2026 1:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
BLDG T-403
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