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U.S. Government Readying Massive Cyber Security Test

Robert McMillan writes on InfoWorld:

The U.S. 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 cyberevent, 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, said Tiffany Jones, senior regional manager for government relations with Symantec. In particular, the number of international participants will be increased, she said.

posted by Fergie @ 2/12/2007 01:33:00 PM