oh...this'll be RICH

[Goosemaster]

Article@ Federal Week....

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DHS to run cybersecurity exercise


The Homeland Security Department is scheduled to test federal and private-sector readiness for cyberattacks next week, an industry executive said.

The national exercise, named Cyber Storm, will take place Feb. 6-10, said Scott Algeier, executive director of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC).

Cyber Storm is a federally mandated and funded exercise to ?see how cyberattacks against critical infrastructure might play out and how people react to them,? Algeier said.

The exercise looks at cyberattacks on critical infrastructure that is not traditionally evaluated from a cyber perspective, Algeier said.

DHS? National Cyber Security Division is leading the exercise and has developed most of the scenarios, Algeier said.

Cyber Storm will test how well IT-ISAC partners communicate with one another and with DHS in situations resembling real events, Algeier said.

The exercise will also help officials determine when federal intervention is necessary to coordinate a response, Algeier said.

IT-ISAC has eight members participating in the exercise, the center?s Web site states. The participants are Cisco Systems, Citadel Security Software, CA (formerly Computer Associates), Computer Sciences Corp., Intel, Microsoft, Symantec and VeriSign.

Funny quote from /.

I can see it now...

FROM: cyberstorm@dohs.gov

TO: unlucky.recipient@yourcompany.com

SUBJECT: Participation in Cyber Storm exercise

Your company has been identified by the Department of Homeland Security as potentially vulnerable to cyber attack. During the week of February 6th - February 10th, the DoHS will be testing cyber infrastructure as part of our Cyber Storm security exercise. In order to participate, you will need to supply us with [insert favorite hacking data here]...

LOFL

 

[bapace]

We're going to get hit with it. Should be interesting.

-bapace

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: bapace
We're going to get hit with it. Should be interesting.

-bapace

*fires up log cronjob*

 

[Sukhoi]

Someone do a preemptive strike on the Feds first!

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Someone do a preemptive strike on the Feds first!

I got dibs on the NSA😛

 

[Zanix]

Cyber Storm is a federally mandated and funded exercise to ?see how cyberattacks against critical infrastructure might play out and how people react to them,? Algeier said.

The interweb goes down. I have to use the phone to order pizza. /thread

 

[bapace]

All logs from networking equipment and syslog is monitored in real-time already. Probably going to get FLOODED this week.

-bapace

 

[MercenaryForHire]

If these guys f*ck up my eBay sniping, there's going to be some international ass-kicking. 😛

- M4H