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November 2023 - SEC holds reskilling open house
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.- The Communications-Electronics Command Software Engineering Center held a reskilling and upskilling open house on post November 14. The event offered employees information and opportunities to take advantage of CECOM SEC’s reskilling program which was authorized in late April 2023.
Read the full story >>>March 2023 | SEC Army SSC Utilizes Solution Planning Events to Align Enterprise Goals
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – The Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) Army Shared Services Center (SSC) hosted two-day Solution Planning events in December and February to strategically plan sustainment and enhancement work across five major Army Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems.
Read the full story >>>Feb 2023 | SEC Holds Graduation Ceremony for Towson Master’s Program
July 2022 | CECOM SEC continues its push forward with innovation
CECOM SEC continues its efforts to lead from the front in protecting the Army’s networked systems and software. Its Repository is one key example of their innovation that’s paying big dividends and an upgrade is on the way in the form of Repo 2.0. The new functionality provides a number of new capabilities. For more on this and other SEC innovation please click the link.
Read the full story >>>June 2022 | CECOM SEC has new Leadership
Introducing Mr. Garrett Shoemaker. He is one of three seasoned CECOM SEC employees tabbed to be the organization's Acting Director over the next year. Mr. Shoemaker is first out of the gate and most recently served as the Associate Director of SEC's (IEW&S) Directorate. He has been with SEC for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience and vision in the field of cyber software security. According to him, every stop along the way has prepared him for this current role, and he understands the job before him.
Watch the videoMay 2022 | CECOM SEC at TechNet
CECOM's Command Chief Warrant Officer, CW5 Linc McCoy was part of the SEC contingent participating in the recent TechNet Cyber Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Chief McCoy explains why SEC's involvement with events like this is critical in today's cyber threat environment.
Watch the videoMay 2022 | CECOM SEC Embraces Reskilling & Upskilling
Women play an important role in our armed services and throughout the Department of Defense as civilians. The workforce at the Communication-Electronic Command's (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) reflect the DoD's initiative for diversity and inclusion as women are engaged in every echelon of staffing to include organizational leadership. A few SEC members speak on their roles and the importance of cyber security.
Watch the videoApril 2022 | CECOM SEC's Women of Cyber
The true strength of the U.S. military comes from its diversity. There is not just a diversity of weaponry, equipment, and tactics used on the battlefield with the widely adopted concept of multi-domain operations, but also, diversity in representation, perspectives, and thought.
Read the full story >>>March 2022 | SEC upskilling & reskilling: a new retention concept
One mark of any good leader is to quickly assess and recognize the needs of their organization. If polled, recruiting and retaining quality personnel would be ranked near the top of anyone’s list. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s Software Engineering Center has devised a novel concept to address both at the same time.
Read the full story >>>Feb 2022 | SEC engineer relishes challenges
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) is the largest software center in the Department of Defense. As such it is the site of cutting edge technology and innovation being dispersed throughout the DOD. However technology doesn’t create itself and it certainly doesn’t fix itself.
Read the full story >>>Jan 2022 | Army dining facilities going cashless
Army modernization touches all aspects of military life. That includes Army dining facilities.
Read the full story >>>OCT 2020 | SEC launches software repository for faster, easier cyber patching
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) took a major step forward in ensuring command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems — Soldiers’ eyes and ears on the battlefield — are protected against the latest cyber threats.
Read the full story >>>SEP 2020 | CECOM SEC Enhances Software Readiness for Soldiers
A pilot program is in place for Soldiers in the field to receive more timely software updates. The work behind the pilot was done by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s Software Engineering Center, at APG.
Read the full story >>>DEC 2019 | 'Attaboy' for Joint Tactical Terminal Software Test Automation
In combat on land, at sea, in the air and even in cyberspace, joint force warfighters rely on real-time data on threats and friendly forces to make split-second, potentially life-and-death decisions. Contrast that with the software development environment, where testing new programs and patches is crucial but often manual, laborious and time-consuming.
Read the full story >>>OCT 2019 | DCGS Decrease Install Time
On the 21st century battlefield, American Soldiers rely on timely, relevant and accurate information to understand their operating environment, assess threats and achieve their missions. The Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) is the Army’s intelligence processing operating system, and it is one of the most critical tools in their arsenal.
Read the full story >>>SEP 2019 | Manpower Initiative
When Gen. James McConville assumed duties as the 40th Chief of Staff of the Army in August 2019, he emphasized he would place a renewed focus on people. The Army’s strength and resilience, he noted, is rooted in the Soldiers, civilians and families who empower the Army to achieve its mission every day. At the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, the Software Engineering Center, or SEC, is channeling that priority into its own people-focused manpower initiative — and saving the government millions in the process
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