{"id":19580,"date":"2023-07-20T15:21:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=19580"},"modified":"2023-07-26T13:14:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T17:14:06","slug":"sen-ossoff-introduces-legislation-to-upgrade-ft-gordons-cyber-center-of-excellence-strengthen-national-security","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-introduces-legislation-to-upgrade-ft-gordons-cyber-center-of-excellence-strengthen-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Introduces Legislation to Upgrade Ft. Gordon\u2019s Cyber Center of Excellence &amp; Strengthen National Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sen. Ossoff introduces new bill to enable new construction and upgrades at Ft Gordon&#8217;s Cyber Center of Excellence<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a new bill to strengthen U.S. national security by upgrading Fort Gordon\u2019s Cyber Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, to help address rapidly advancing cybersecurity threats, Sen. Ossoff introduced the <em>Ft. Gordon Cyber Center Enhancement Act\u00a0<\/em>to enable the construction of new classrooms for Ft. Gordon\u2019s Cyber Center of Excellence, which provides essential training to cyber, electronic warfare, and signal professionals in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation will authorize new funding for the Department of Defense to modernize Ft. Gordon\u2019s cyber center\u2014enhancing the center\u2019s capabilities and upgrading classrooms to accommodate the country\u2019s growing cyber workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe team protecting our nation at Ft. Gordon needs continued support for their heroic efforts,\u201d<strong>said Sen. Ossoff.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cThat is why I am introducing this legislation to upgrade facilities at Ft. Gordon\u2019s Cyber Center of Excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ft. Gordon\u2019s Cyber Center of Excellence is essential to our nation\u2019s national security. According to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1372561\/cyber-attack-country-targets-prevention\/\">2022 study<\/a>, America is the most targeted country for cyberattacks worldwide, largely outpacing the next ranked country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is bringing Republicans and Democrats together to pass his new legislation through this year\u2019s&nbsp;<em>National Defense Authorization Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/HEY23971.pdf\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the&nbsp;<em>Ft. Gordon Cyber Center Enhancement Act.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ossoff introduces new bill to enable new construction and upgrades at Ft Gordon&#8217;s Cyber Center of Excellence Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a new bill to strengthen U.S. national security by upgrading Fort Gordon\u2019s Cyber Center of Excellence. This week, to help address rapidly advancing cybersecurity threats, Sen. Ossoff introduced the Ft. [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19580","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19652,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19580\/revisions\/19652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}