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North Carolina National Guard leadership invites hazard mitigation, cyber, and information technology experts, including Commandant of the U.S. Army Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare School Col. John Hosey, Jr., North Carolina Department of Information Technology Chief Information Security Officer Bernice Bond, NCDIT Technology Secretary and State Chief Information Officer Teena Piccione, former North Carolina Department of Public Safety Secretary, FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik A. Hooks for a five-day exercise, Operation Tobacco Road, held at NCNG Joint Force Headquarters and North Carolina Emergency Management in Raleigh, North Carolina, July 21-25, 2025.
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RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina National Guard leadership invites hazard mitigation, cyber, and information technology experts, including Commandant of the U.S. Army Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare School Col. John Hosey, Jr., North Carolina Department of Information Technology Chief Information Security Officer Bernice Bond, NCDIT Technology Secretary and State Chief Information Officer Teena Piccione, former North Carolina Department of Public Safety Secretary, FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik A. Hooks for a five-day exercise, Operation Tobacco Road, held at NCNG Joint Force Headquarters and North Carolina Emergency Management in Raleigh, North Carolina, July 21-25, 2025. The technical cybersecurity exercise challenged over 140 local, state, and national government and corporate partner experts to identify and respond to cyber threat actors in a real-time environment reflecting real-world cybersecurity threats. “It is pretty important for us,” U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Allen Boyette, the NCNG Deputy Adjutant General, said.


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