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Today's exercise , Operation Optical

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Guardian was focused on wastewater

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treatment facilities , and it's about

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critical infrastructure protection .

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And the importance of today's scenario

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or the overview of the scenario was

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a pump malfunction that triggered by a

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cyber threat actor . What we want to do

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is prepare our capability to respond to

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whatever it is that the state needs .

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So today's event was really about

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creating or identifying the

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capabilities necessary to respond . So

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we need that partner interaction where

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they explain how they operate . And

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what a cyber threat and incident would

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mean to them . Cyber security has

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become a priority for all of leadership

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in Arkansas and especially our tag .

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And so , you know , as our state faces

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threats , you know , like water systems

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from our adversaries and from the

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guard's perspective , we got to be

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ready to respond to that . How we

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support the state , you know , the

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guard's unique in that , you know ,

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when we don't have our uniform on , you

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know , we're out . The private sector

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we are working for those critical

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utilities and we are gaining all of

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that cybersecurity experience . The

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more we understand about how those

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local communities operate , what their

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systems look like for cybersecurity ,

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how they defend themselves , and what

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are the impacts to a loss of water or a

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loss of clean water in their area ,

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understanding that and how they operate

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enhances our capability to respond

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faster and in disaster we want to be as

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rapid a response as possible .