DHS ‘Cyber Storm’ drill for critical infrastructure

guest · Aug 15, 2020

‘Cyber Storm’ drill for critical infrastructure focuses on corruption of key IT services
August 14, 2020
https://www.cyberscoop.com/cyber-storm-2020-exercise-homeland-security-dns/

In a drill this week that drew some 2,000 participants, the Department of Homeland Security tested the ability of companies in the health care, manufacturing and other key sectors to withstand hypothetical hacking campaigns that compromise the trust users place in key internet services.

The seventh iteration of Cyber Storm, as the biannual exercise is called, focused on what could go wrong when some of the pillars of the internet are corrupted. It is the subtle manipulation of these IT services that advanced hacking campaigns often exploit in the real world.

“Just because you think you are compliant and secure doesn’t necessarily mean that the folks that you rely on in your time of need are equally as secure.”
But on the whole, Harrell said, critical infrastructure companies have improved their defenses in response to the years of drilling.
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The coronavirus pandemic forced Cyber Storm to move from the spring to August. But it also gave exercise planners a chance to alter the scenario to account for another threat. CISA officials and private-sector analysts have repeatedly warned of how hackers are targeting virtual private networking software and other technology that companies use to telework during the pandemic.

“Corporations have transformed their traditional workplace model…under the strain of COVID,” Harrell said. “We saw that during the exercise.”
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