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How the Marine Corps uses IT to defeat evolving threats - Marines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command pose for photos in the cyber operations center at Lasswell Hall aboard Fort Meade, Maryland, Feb. 5, 2020. MARFORCYBER Marines conduct offensive and defensive cyber operations in support of United States Cyber Command and operate, secure and defend the Marine Corps Enterprise Network. This image is a photo illustration.

Marine Corps upgrades GCSS-MC, reduces time from data to decision - Lance Cpl. Sierra Walker, supply specialist with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, tests the Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps Release 12 upgrade while deployed before its official launch. The Marine Corps upgraded the system in August to strengthen the Corps’ cybersecurity posture and offer a more customizable tool to ensure Marines can easily and clearly report readiness to their commander. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anthony VanFredenberg)

MCTSSA support center aids operating forces - Alexander Payne (center), a command, control, communications, computers and intelligence—or C4I—analyst, provides operating forces remote technical support to resolve system issues Feb. 21 at the Marine Corps Tactical Support Systems Support Center. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sky Laron)

Jason Hessler, an Automated Message Handling System support engineer, trains Marines from Marine Corps Installations West G-6 on the Hyper-Converged Infrastructure system Jan. 11, aboard Camp Pendleton, California. HCI is a virtualization solution that replaces traditional servers, and combines storage and compute functions into a single machine to save cost, energy and space. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Information Systems and Infrastructure recently installed the technology at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Camp Pendleton, California, to support Organizational Messaging Service, which is used to send operational and administrative messages across the Corps. (Courtesy photo) - Jason Hessler, an Automated Message Handling System support engineer, trains Marines from Marine Corps Installations West G-6 on the Hyper-Converged Infrastructure system Jan. 11, aboard Camp Pendleton, California. HCI is a virtualization solution that replaces traditional servers, and combines storage and compute functions into a single machine to save cost, energy and space. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Information Systems and Infrastructure recently installed the technology at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Camp Pendleton, California, to support Organizational Messaging Service, which is used to send operational and administrative messages across the Corps. (Courtesy photo)

Marine Corps Systems Command’s Cyber Advisory Team completed its first emergency cyber acquisition as part of a new process designed to more quickly respond to the cyber warfighting needs of the force. The CAT quickly analyzes, distinguishes, prioritizes and tracks cyber acquisition processes in order to provide more responsive and effective support to Marine Corps cyber forces. (U.S. Marine Corps illustration by Jennifer Sevier) - Marine Corps Systems Command’s Cyber Advisory Team completed its first emergency cyber acquisition as part of a new process designed to more quickly respond to the cyber warfighting needs of the force. The CAT quickly analyzes, distinguishes, prioritizes and tracks cyber acquisition processes in order to provide more responsive and effective support to Marine Corps cyber forces. (U.S. Marine Corps illustration by Jennifer Sevier)

During the Marine Corps Systems Command Cloud Technology Summit Feb. 11 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Kenneth Bible—C4 deputy director/deputy chief information officer at Marine Corps Headquarters—said moving the Corps to the cloud is about providing Marines access to information wherever they need it; even to the tactical edge. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Jennifer Gonzalez) - During the Marine Corps Systems Command Cloud Technology Summit Feb. 11 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Kenneth Bible—C4 deputy director/deputy chief information officer at Marine Corps Headquarters—said moving the Corps to the cloud is about providing Marines access to information wherever they need it; even to the tactical edge. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Jennifer Gonzalez)

Brig. Gen. Kevin Nally, Department of the Navy deputy chief information officer for the Marine Corps, presents the 2015 Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association Copernicus Award to David Vierra, who is joined by his wife Mila, Feb. 10 in San Diego, Calif. Vierra, an information technology specialist at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, received the award for his sustained, superior performance in the field of interoperability and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence/information technology. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Wil Williams) - Brig. Gen. Kevin Nally, Department of the Navy deputy chief information officer for the Marine Corps, presents the 2015 Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association Copernicus Award to David Vierra, who is joined by his wife Mila, Feb. 10 in San Diego, Calif. Vierra, an information technology specialist at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, received the award for his sustained, superior performance in the field of interoperability and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence/information technology. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Wil Williams)