Washington Group Tests Security in "Cyber ShockWave"
A Washington think tank conducted a simulated, 12-hour cyber attack Tuesday that is intended to show how the U.S. government would respond to a similar move against its networks and infrastructure.
The “Cyber ShockWave,” hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, began at 10 a.m. ET at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, and is expected to last until 10 p.m. The group, whose advisory board includes Bob Dole and Tom Daschle, said participants will react to the threat in real time, as intelligence and news reports drive the simulation.
Participants are tasked with advising the president and crafting a response to the attack without a prior knowledge of the scenario, highlighting the difficulty of split-second decisions in response to an unfolding and often unseen threat.
