The U.S. Air Force will establish a new chief information security office and in conjunction has started a year-long campaign to promote and address cybersecurity across the military service.

The campaign will work to encourage all personnel across the service branch to integrate cybersecurity in their daily routines, the Air Force said Monday.

Lt. Gen. William Bender, the Air Force’s chief information officer, said unsecured logs, downloads and use of unauthorized devices create vulnerabilities in the military branch’s systems that could potentially lead to cyber attacks.

“We must position cyber at the forefront of our thinking, planning, and operations. Cybersecurity depends on every Airman, regardless of rank or job description,” Bender said.

“We need every airman to understand that cybersecurity awareness and the mission systems we connect to are inextricably linked, and we must be cyber secure,” said Maj. Gen. Cedric George, deputy chief of staff for logistics.

George added Air Force leaders will be responsible for educating warfighters that cyber domain goes beyond the internet and includes computer systems linked with other systems, such as smartphones, industrial controllers, car processors, desktop computers and avionic computers.

“It is not just the cyberspace warriors who need to adapt; operators and support personnel who focus on the physical domains also need to practice operating effectively in an environment of constant change where not everything works as expected.”

The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Pacific Command and the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense have conducted a ground test of the Ballistic Missile Defense System.

MDA said Monday the 12-day test dubbed GTD-06 Part 2 involved simulated threat scenarios to assess how BMDS will react during an actual attack.

GTD-06 Part 2 will support plans to increase fielding of ground-based interceptors from 30 to 44 in 2017 as well as the integration of an additional In-Flight Interceptor Communications System Data Terminal into the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.

IDT’s goal was to facilitate communications between the GMD fire control nodes and the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle.

The test involved ballistic missile defense components such as:

• GMD system
• AN/TPY-2 radars
• Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communication system
• Upgraded Early Warning Radars
• Cobra Dane radar
• Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system
• Patriot weapon system
• Sea Based X-Band radar
• Space-Based Infrared System

MDA carries out regular ground tests to help the agency and combatant commanders assess the current system, develop missile defense doctrine and train operators.

The Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency has joined the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and rebranded to the name of Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization in accordance with the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act.

DTRA said Monday it has worked with JIDO on the transition since December 2015 to help both organizations support frontline warfighters and address both weapons of mass destruction and improvised explosive devices that terrorists seek to use.

“While we may have different focus areas, both our missions have some overlapping customers, threats and networks,” said Shari Durand, DTRA acting director.

“As we start the learning process and understand more what each organization is doing that’s when I think the greatest capabilities and the greatest synergy will come, and that will benefit the warfighter tremendously.”

DTRA expects the transition of JIDO to foster mission collaboration and work to offer efficiencies over time through the integration of offices in management areas such as human resources, security and counterintelligence, financial management, contracts, facilities and logistics management.

News surfaced in February that JIDA would integrate into DTRA as part of NDAA language that that requires the former to be moved by the Defense Department under the supervision of an existing defense agency or a military department.

Rear Adm. Jon Hill, program executive officer for integrated warfare systems at the U.S. Navy, has been appointed deputy director of the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Department announced Friday.

As PEO IWS, he has managed programs to develop, sustain and deliver surface ship combat control systems, radars, missiles, launchers, electronic warfare and naval gunnery systems and surface and subsurface anti-submarine warfare mission systems to the Navy.

He previously worked at MDA as technical director of the Aegis ballistic missile defense initiative, major program manager for Aegis combat systems and director of cruiser and destroyer combat systems.

Hill also held leadership and acquisition engineering positions at the Navy’s AEGIS Shipbuilding project office, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, NSWC Port Hueneme Division and PEO Theater Surface Combatants.

He also served as chief of staff to the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy and a senior fellow on the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group.