http://fcw.com/articles/2010/02/16/web-cybershockwave.aspx By Ben Bain FCW.com Feb 16, 2010 Imagine that a widely downloaded, malicious smart phone application has triggered a national security crisis and brought the country's telecommunications and electronic infrastructure to a standstill. This scenario was only make-believe: the East Coast still has power and Midwestern factories are functioning. But the threats from cyber exploits against the national and economic security of the United States is very real, according to former senior government officials who participated in a simulation exercise today in Washington. The former officials gathered in a mock White House situation room - actually in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Southwest Washington - to play the parts of Cabinet officials faced with quickly developing national security and economic crises after a virtual nuisance quickly becomes a real nightmare. The simulation, named Cyber ShockWave and held by the Bipartisan Policy Center, was observed by reporters; CNN plans to air the event. For a few hours the former officials - led by former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff, playing the role of national security adviser - talked through the crisis and discussed how to prepare a sitting president for an immediate press conference on the matter. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Feb 16 2010 - 22:19:30 PST
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