DHS ‘Cyber Storm’ exercise tests manufacturing and transportation sectors
A global cybersecurity drill hosted Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security served to “push participants out of their comfort zone” to practice information sharing at a time of heightened risk to critical infrastructure, top DHS cybersecurity official Jeanette Manfra said. “Cyber threats to critical infrastructure continue to grow and represent one of the most serious national security challenges we must confront,” Manfra told reporters, adding that participants will respond to a simulated global threat to infrastructure over the course of the three-day exercise. This week’s exercise includes participants from the transportation and “critical manufacturing” sectors, the latter which DHS recently warned Russian government hackers were targeting in a multi-stage attack campaign. Aviation giant Boeing was hit by malware last month in an attack that stirred fears that the potent WannaCry ransomware had struck again. More than 1,000 people, including corporate executives, law enforcement, intelligence, and defense officials, are participating in this […]
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