[IDG] A new cyberattack exercise hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week reflects the increasingly sophisticated attacks U.S. agencies and businesses face, DHS officials said.Cyber Storm III, the third large-scale cyberattack exercise hosted by DHS, will test the ability of government agencies and more than 60 private-sector organizations to work together during a massive incident, said Phil Reitinger, deputy undersecretary of the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate. Cyber Storm III kicked off Tuesday morning, and Reitinger said Wednesday that he was pleased with the response so far.
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Lessons learned this week from the Homeland Security Department’s third large-scale cybersecurity drill will help refine the National Cyber Incident Response Plan, which will be finalized for release later this year.Cyber Storm III kicked off on Tuesday to test the plan, which the Obama administration developed to guide agencies and companies that would work together during cyberattacks.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100929_4557.phpU.S. Public, Private Cyber Defenses Being Tested In Simulated Attacks
No, the U.S. isn’t under cyberattack. But this week, government and private security response groups began exercises to see what would happen if it were.Cyber Storm III, the third in a series of large-scale simulations that test the nation’s cyber defenses every other year, is under way. And the simulators aren’t messing around.
http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability_management/security/cybercrime/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227500997US cyber exercise providing valuable lessons: officials [AFP]
US cybersecurity experts will learn valuable lessons from an ongoing exercise that simulates a massive cyberattack on the United States, US officials said Wednesday.”Cyber Storm III,” which simulates a “large-scale cyberattack on critical infrastructure,” kicked off on Tuesday and involves thousands of participants in the United States and a dozen other countries.
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Cyber Storm III simulates large-scale cyberattack
A new cyberattack exercise hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week reflects the increasingly sophisticated attacks U.S. agencies and businesses face, DHS officials said.