DHS global cybersecurity exercise this week (fake attacks)

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no idea if this exercise is only on paper but it is interesting to see who the USA's partners are.They are the "UKUSA Community" most famous for the global surveillance network they have operated since WWII<br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.fcw.com/article92177-02-01-06-Web">www.fcw.com/article92177-02-01-06-Web</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>Cyber Storm will be global, official says<br>BY Michael Arnone<br>Published on Feb. 1, 2006<br><br>The Homeland Security Department’s Cyber Storm cybersecurity exercise scheduled for next week will have a worldwide scope, an industry official said today.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom will join 20 companies and two U.S. government agencies, said a senior industry official who requested anonymity because of the information’s sensitive nature.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Cyber Storm will test federal and private-sector readiness for cyberattacks, particularly against critical infrastructure.<br><br>The massive exercise, scheduled for Feb. 6-10, has been planned for a long time, the official said. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Participants will face realistic scenarios, the official said.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.fcw.com/article92160-01-31-06-Web&RSS=yes#related">www.fcw.com/article92160-...es#related</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>DHS to run cybersecurity exercise<br>BY Michael Arnone<br>Published on Jan. 31, 2006<br><br>~snip~<br>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.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>bit of background on the "UKUSA Community"<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tscm.com/cseukusa.html">www.tscm.com/cseukusa.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>