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Over 250 organizations take part in GridEx VII, the largest North American exercise focusing on the security of the electrical grid.
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750 cyber specialists have participated in Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2), the biggest military cyberwarfare exercise in Western Europe.
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Prior to the 2018 midterm elections, multiple states activated their National Guard forces to protect the vote from cyberthreats. It was a big step for the Guard’s role in national cyberdefense, and an annual drill held by the Guard made it more effective. In Illinois, for example, the National Guard’s participation in the cybersecurity drill meant that “when the midterm 2018 elections came around and it was time for us to work together, those relationships were already there,” said Brig. Gen. Richard Neely, the Illinois National Guard’s adjutant general. That exercise, known as Cyber Shield, is now in its eighth year and taking place through April 20 at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. What started as a simple red-and-blue-team affair has grown into an 800-person event that reflects the greater role the Guard is playing in national cyberdefense. In an earlier iteration of the exercise, “our offensive piece wasn’t very strong,” Col. Terry Williams, deputy commander of […]
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