
Individual Soldiers will be able to access an extensive catalog of cyber courses on their laptops to develop critical skillsets, while the brigade will use Shadow Labs to conduct collective cyber training exercises for its Cyber Protection Battalions, Cyber Security Companies, Cyber Warfare Companies and Cyber Protection Teams. ShadowNet provides the interconnectivity, computing power and storage required to support Shadow Labs, the 91st Cyber Brigade’s innovative cyber training application, through which the brigade will offer cyber-related courses and exercises to improve proficiencies at all levels.


Its robust capabilities and scalability will help to deliver the agility we need to keep pace with our partners in private industry while outpacing our adversaries.” “ShadowNet will allow us to leverage the expertise of cyber professionals across our four cyber protection battalions to build Soldier-centric programs and collective training environments that deliver breakthroughs in exercise complexity and cost efficiency. Volant, commander of the 91st Cyber Brigade. “I’m extremely proud to announce that the Soldiers of the 91st Cyber Brigade have completed the construction and rollout of ShadowNet, a world-class enterprise solution designed to propel operational innovation in the field of cyber training,” said Col. The brigade successfully integrated its three other cyber protection battalions – the 123rd, 124th, and 126th Cyber Protection Battalions – into the ShadowNet platform last January. ShadowNet is a custom-built private cloud based out of the brigade’s data center in Fairfax, Virginia, that uses VPN connectivity to provide its aligned units with 24-hour, seven-days-a-week remote access to critical cyber training at both the collective and individual levels.

The Virginia National Guard’s Bowling Green-based 91st Cyber Brigade completed the nationwide rollout of its ShadowNet enterprise solution July 19, 2019, with the integration of the 125th Cyber Protection Battalion into the solution’s virtual private network.
