US Cybercom Virtual War Game Girds Against Increased Threats

guest · Jun 26, 2020

US Cybercom Virtual War Game Girds Against Increased Threats
June 25, 2020
https://www.securityweek.com/us-cybercom-virtual-war-game-girds-against-increased-threats

The comments from Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger of U.S. Cyber Command came a day after Defense Department officials briefed reporters on virtual war games that digital combatants from U.S. and allied militaries have been holding to sharpen their abilities to counter online threats with real-world impact.

“We’ve seen increased adversary activity” since the pandemic began, Mauger said on a conference call, declining to discuss the threat in more specific detail. “We’re one part of the whole of government effort to defend our democracy in this complex cyber environment.”
On Wednesday, Cybercom offered reporters a window into what it described as its largest virtual training exercise to date — in this case, a simulated attack on an airfield’s control systems and fuel depots.
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It’s the 10th year such exercises have been held.

Cybercom accelerated development of the virtual training environment to better analyze ways to protect threats to critical infrastructure, including in energy and transportation systems.
Officials said the virtual environment can also be used to test cyber soldiers’ abilities to identify new strains of malware.
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