Homeland Security wraps up first mock cyberattack

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Has anybody else heard about this?

Link: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6038082.html

Snip: < The government has ended its first large-scale mock cyberattack, aimed at gauging the nation's readiness to handle such threats, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.

The weeklong exercise, dubbed "Cyber Storm," was organized by the department's National Cyber Security Division and 115 public- and private-sector partners. It was designed to model the coordination among government and industry necessary for responding to and recovering from "large-scale" intrusions affecting the energy, information technology, telecommunications and transportation sectors.

"Preparedness against a cyberattack requires partnership and coordination between all levels of government and the private sector," Homeland Security Under Secretary for Preparedness George Foresman said in a statement Friday. "Cyber Storm provides an excellent opportunity to enhance our nation's cyberpreparedness and better manage risk."

What remained unclear was the extent to which the exercise proved successful. The agency said it plans to compile responses from all of the participants and to issue a final report this summer assessing Cyber Storm's performance. >

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