The U.S. Army reports that the Army Office of the Chief Information Officer and U.S. Army Cyber Command held the 2026 Army Cybersecurity Awareness Forum on Oct. 28 and 29. The event was virtual. Senior leaders and cybersecurity professionals talked about how to meet new cyber threats.
The annual forum looks at the Army's cybersecurity posture, its workforce, and incident response. Posture means how ready the Army is to defend its networks. Incident response means how people spot, report and recover from a cyber problem. This year's theme focused on a threat landscape shaped by superintelligence, a term the leaders used for very advanced technology.
The key point for Soldiers is a change in training. Gabe Chiulli, the acting Army chief information officer, said the Army is shifting away from the old way of doing cyber awareness training. He described that older model as mechanical. It often meant one big block of time, lasting from one to four hours.
The Army is looking at smaller, more regular pieces instead. Chiulli said the goal is to turn training into active understanding and more active awareness. The article applies this shift to both Soldiers and civilian personnel.
Lt. Gen. Christopher Eubank, who commands Army Cyber Command, said everyone on the network now needs to help secure and defend it. He tied that to readiness. In his words, a compromised network also compromises lethality, which is the force's ability to fight. For a squad leader, that means a careless click is not just an office problem.
Chiulli also talked about active cyber defense. In plain terms, that means finding and reducing risks before software and hardware are fully built into Army systems. He called it a big drive for next year and said the workforce may hit a few hiccups along the way.
This article reports leader remarks at a forum. It does not give a start date, a schedule, a course list, or new requirements for units. Readers should not assume a new rule is in effect. Watch for official Army guidance before changing any training plan.
Even so, the story gives NCOs a useful discussion topic. Ask your team what makes annual training easy to forget. Would short, frequent reminders help Soldiers spot suspicious messages or poor network habits? Talking about it now can prepare your section for whatever guidance follows.
Source: U.S. Army: Army CIO, ARCYBER host 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Forum. Published 2026-10-30.