Excellence achieved in CCRI Published April 14, 2016 By Airman Kevin E. Sommer Giron 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Team Little Rock earned an excellent rating from the Defense Information Systems Agency's week-long Command Cyber Readiness Inspection, or CCRI, April 8, 2016. The purpose of the CCRI was to test the base's network and physical security procedures for security vulnerabilities. The inspection consisted of security scans of the non-classified internet protocol router network, or NIPR, and the secret internet protocol router network, or SIPR. It also included physical security scans such as the removal of common access cards from computers and traditional building security systems. "It was really important because this was our first ever CCRI, whereas other bases have already had two or three," said U.S Air Force Master Sgt. Kenneth E. Brown, 19th Communications Squadron CCRI preparations team superintendent. "We worked hard for this and as a team we came together and everyone did their part." The communications squadron worked diligently for more than six months prior to the inspection. With help from the information protection office, network operations and security center, and the network control center team worked 12-hour shifts making sure the network was configured and patched correctly. "We put in a lot of man hours; our technicians worked really hard, day in and day out, with no weekends off until we reached the goal we wanted," said U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Ryan Nartea, 19th CS CCRI preparations team deputy officer in charge. Another part of the preparation was an awareness campaign of cat memes highlighting components of inspection items. According to the communications team, the support and awareness of every network user was crucial to the CCRI success. "The cat pictures we put up on login screens helped educate our users and made them more aware of the inspection," Nartea said. Team Little Rock scored the second highest overall rating a base can receive thanks to the hard work and dedication of everyone on base. This is an achievement that reflects the Air Force Core Value of "Excellence In All We Do".