http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24395557-5014239,00.html By Peter Veness in Canberra News.co.au September 24, 2008 THE quick and ferocious nature of cyber attacks on government must be recognised in the next generation of security, a previously unreleased report from the Attorney-General's Department urges. In March this year governments from Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada and the US ran the largest-ever cyber war games, Cyber Storm II. The participants, which included the private sector, were surprised by the "borderless nature" of cyber attacks and the "speed with which they can escalate", according to Freedom of Information documents obtained by AAP. "Contingency planning must include potential flow-on effects," the final report into Cyber Storm II says. "An important learning was the need to formalise lines of communication between government and industry to ensure that the scope of any problem is properly understood to enable a coordinated and effective response." Cyber Storm II tested critical infrastructure including dam walls, telecommunications and government computer networks. Corporate participants included Microsoft, the Commonwealth Bank, Optus, Westpac, Woodside Energy and the Australian Securities Exchange. Government agencies playing a part in the war games included the Australian Federal Police, Defence Signals Directorate, ASIO, Centrelink and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The report said Australia passed the games without major faults being uncovered. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Wed Sep 24 2008 - 22:26:07 PDT
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