DHS's Massive Cybersecurity Test

February 2007

U.S. Government readying massive cybersecurity test

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning a large_scale test of the nation's response to a cyberattack to be held in early 2008. The test will be a follow_up to the February 2006 Cyber Storm test, which was billed as the largest_ever U.S. government online attack simulation. Cyber Storm 2 will be conducted in March 2008, said Gregory Garcia, assistant secretary for cyber security and telecommunications with DHS, speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. Like the first Cyber Storm, this exercise will evaluate the ability of the public and private sector to provide a coordinated response to a large_scale cyber event, he said. The second Cyber Storm test, which is in the planning stages right now, will include a greater number of participants than its predecessor. In particular, the number of international participants will be increased.
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