A Salute to Professor Maggs

Gregory E. Maggs won the Commandant's Distinguished Writing Award in September.

October 11, 2016

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On September 30, Professor Gregory E. Maggs won the Commandant's Distinguished Writing Award. A colonel in the United States Army Reserve, Professor Maggs was recognized at the Joint and Combined Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia last month. The award is given to a military leader whose paper best demonstrates the development of joint attitudes and perspectives concerning critical issues in modern day society.

Professor Maggs participated in a 40-week course where he and other senior officers learned how to plan joint military operations involving the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and allied nations. In the process of completing one of the major requirements of the course, he wrote his paper entitled, "Cybersecurity Is Not Just About Blocking Electronic Intrusions: Protecting the Physical Architecture of the New Joint Information Environment."

"The Department of Defense needs to do more to protect the security of its data centers, which may be vulnerable to natural disasters or hostile action," says Maggs.

Professor Maggs is no stranger to receiving awards for his expertise on the topic of cybersecurity. During a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Army War College in 2014, he was recognized for his paper "Cyber Attack: A Declared U.S. Cyber Defense Policy."