Cyber Threats 101 - washingtonpost.com

To get a better grasp on technological threats, military officers, agency heads and government contracting executives have found one of the Defense Department's best-kept secrets: the National Defense University.NDU is made up of four graduate-level colleges, including the National War College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and the Joint Forces Staff College. But the largest college -- the Information Resources Management College -- has grown the fastest over the past few years because the skills it teaches are in such high demand.Located on the District waterfront, at Fort Lesley J. McNair, the college trains mid-career workers, in the public and private sectors, how to leverage the newest consumer technologies as well as how to protect vital information. This expertise used to be reserved for an agency's chief information officer. But as tools like thumb drives, Facebook, Twitter and voice over Internet Protocol phone services creep into offices and bases, secure digital networks are becoming essential for all employees.

Kim Hart's The Download - washingtonpost.com