The Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit organization focused on various issues including national and homeland security, will be unleashing Cyber ShockWave on Tuesday, February 16th. Cyber ShockWave, a cyber-attack simulation, will allow the government to assess response times and improvement areas shall they ever encounter the real deal.
A group of high-ranking former White House, Cabinet and national security officials will band together to fend off this simulated cyber-attack. As the event unfolds, the participants will be advising the President and planning a strategical response. None of the participants have any advanced information regarding the simulated attacks. The event even goes as far as hiring professional scriptwriters to coach the security experts and a production company to recreate the White House situation room in the Mandarin hotel.
There is no doubt that Google’s (and other tech companies’) struggle with recent (most-likely) Chinese attacks have caused greater concern regarding our nation’s cyber-security. How do you think our nation will fair in this exercise?
Read the ComputerWorld article or the Bipartisan press release for more information regarding this event.
