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Quick History

Proposed as an idea called the “caustic cauldron” in 2002
10 years of applauding, nothing really happened
In October 2012, our founders, Brett L. Scott and Ray Rivera, decided to make the idea a reality on their own, opening as “The Arizona Cyber Warfare Range”
January 2013, Range 1.0 opened in “the garage”
September 2014, Range 2.0 opened at AZLabs
September 2015, Range 3.0 opened in another location at AZLabs in a proper data center
August 2017, opened a second location in a partnership with a major university
November 2017, acquired a 501c3, renamed it the “National Cyber Warfare Foundation”
October 2018, expanded to Wisconsin (WICTRA)
August 2020 - expanded to Georgia (GACWR)
August 2021 - opened a second range in Oshkosh, WI via WICTRA

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Three primary missions

Mission 1 - Education	Mission 2 - Intelligence	Mission 3 - Be the Change
Critical skills development Attack (CNA) Defense (CND) Digital Forensics IT job skills Software development System Administration Network security Incident Response - CIRT / CERT	TTP’s Enhanced Target Tracking Offensive cyber weapons Defensive best practices Threat actors globally Darknet monitoring Malware Research	Rapidly produce capable cyber warriors Upgrade “industry professionals” skills Education facilitating intelligent policies and laws Workforce Development, Job Placement, Speakers Bureau, Conferences, Corporate Engagements, Military Engagements

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Legal things

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Funding and Affiliations

Zero funding from any US government entity - funding comes with control and bad policies
Not sponsored by, or obligated to, any agency of the US government
Donations of physical space from some cities and academic institutions
Donations of space from some corporations
Financial support via memberships to our Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) - PPD 21, EO 13691 - ISAO.org
Financial support from our volunteers, supporting memberships, and private individuals

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Legal Constructs

National Cyber War Foundation

The foundation houses donated equipment, intellectual property, and facility leases. Originally founded as the Mosaic Arts Center.

The Cyber Warfare Range LLC

Limited Liability Corporation - The “range operator” responsible for the physical locations and brand.

CWR Academy

C- Corporation - Houses educational intellectual property assets. Licensor of the NCWF ranges and technologies

CWR Hacking League

Coming soon - hosts international hacking events and competitions

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Community Impact

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Community Outreach

Public events - Phoenix Comicon / ComicFest / FanFest, Phoenix ISSA, AZSciTech Festival, Code Sisters, US-Cert, youth groups, and many more (engagement with 5th grade through senior citizens)

School engagements - Elementary through University

Civic Events - City of Tucson, City of Phoenix, City of Mesa, City of Chandler, State of Arizona, State of Wisconsin

Corporate Engagements - Tech Data, CellTrust, Pwnie Express, Alion Science, RealTime STEAM, and numerous security technology companies

Cyber Security Conferences - ASIS International, ATIC, AITP, AFCEA, Vanguard - too many to list them all

Government and Military - NATO, National Guard (Army / AIR), US Army, US Air Force, FBI, Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC), Arizona Infragard, numerous police departments

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Awards and Recognition

2014 to present - Numerous awards and recognition from cities inside Arizona
May 2016 - recognized as a leader in the United States by US Homeland Security after a nationwide study was conducted by a major research university
2017 - only non-university institution awardee for children’s summer camps teaching cyber security skills (NSA GenCyber)

Disrupting everything (government agencies, industry, research, education)

Changing lives (safer companies, full employment, strong corporate partnerships, economic impact to cities and Arizona in general, saving our friends)

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Tired of wasting time and money?

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Why specifically us?

Privately funded, under nobody’s control, no mercenary motives = Free to do the best and correct things
Track record - many have jumped on the “cyber range” bandwagon. We are not pretending, we actually produce capable cyber talent. We have a massive fan base of those who have seen / benefitted from what we do
Geared for success - because our education is free, our students are not under severe pressure to pursue ROI for themselves. They can focus on their jobs not their debt
The real deal - our team is comprised of real talent. Not people who are good at brand management. How can you learn from people who do not actually know?

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Win

The Cyber Warfare Range

Stop wasting time and money.

Work with those who actually make a difference.

Work with those who are ONLY mission focused.

Work with the people who actually know the world of cyber warfare.

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The Arizona Cyber Warfare Range

the operational partner of the National Cyber Warfare Foundation

azcwr.org

National Cyber Warfare Foundation

ncwf.io

CWR Academy

cwracademy.org