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Purdy Outlines Results of the "Cyber Storm" Cyber Security Preparedness Exercise

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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Houston, TX - Acting Director for the National Cyber Security Division, Andy Purdy, told reporters at a press conference Friday that his mission as acting director is "to build an effective national cyber security response system, and to implement a cyber risk management promotion for critical infrastructure protection."

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Microsoft Friday marked the end of the National Cyber Security Division's "Cyber Storm" national cyber security preparedness exercise in which the U.S. government conducted tests of the nation's cyber security preparedness along with one hundred and fifteen public, private and international organizations participated in the exercise, many from their regular places of business, in over 60 locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

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Laptop Computers Cyber Storm is part of an ongoing risk-based management effort to examine and improve rapid response, promote cyber security, and reduce cyber risk within all the levels of our government and among private sector partners, Purdy explained.

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Laptop Computer Under Secretary for Preparedness George Foresman accompanied Purdy in the press conference Friday to support and explain the outcome of the Cyber Storm security preparedness exercise.

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Desktop Computer "As we all well know, cyberspace has no borders, and it is vital that as we address these issues we address these issues in a comprehensive fashion, including our international partners," Foresman said.

Notebooks Industry participation in Cyber Stormincluded CA, Intel, McAfee, Microsoft, SIMTech and VeriSign, Foresman outlined. "As the owners of most of America's critical infrastructures are in the private sector, it is essential that as we do these exercises, that we do it from a national approach; local, state, federal and including our private sector partners," said Foresman.

Lenovo Foresman went on to say that, "The completion of the Cyber Storm exercise represents a significant milestone for not only the Department of Homeland Security, but our efforts to better secure cyberspace. And it is a true, clear indication of the dedication of the public sector and the private sector to work together collaboratively and cooperatively to do this."

Hard Drive Exercise control for Cyber Storm was based at Secret Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Travelstar Cyber Storm included cyber attacks that disrupted or impacted energy and transportation infrastructure and targeted federal, state and international government with the intent of disrupting or impacting government operations and undermining public confidence.

Gateway The attack scenarios were developed with significant input from industry experts who participated as exercise planners. The scenarios were all pre-scripted and implemented in a closed and secure environment, eliminating any external distress or distraction to participants' real world systems. In other words, the exercise did not include any attacks against real world systems.

Laptop Parts The scenarios were intended to exercise a number of communication paths and processes dealing with cyber incident response. This includes identification and utilization of all communication channels, and interaction between emergency readiness teams to enhance the coordination and response between public private sector partners.

Software Purdy explained that the National Cyber Security Division will analyze the data from this exercise with participants. "A full report will be released this summer, and the conclusions drawn from it will be shared with our partners and the public," said Purdy.

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