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Details of Cyber Storm War Games Released
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Apparently, the participants in the U.S. 'Cyber Storm' war games are familiar with the Kobayashi Maru, because some of them tried to cheat by hacking the games themselves. They also prepare for some very interesting scenarios. Among other things, the organizers are worried about having too many people on the 'No Fly' list show up at an airport, finding 'mystery liquids' in the subway, and having bloggers reveal the classified location of railcars with hazardous materials. The Department of Homeland Security has already analyzed the results of the games, and plans to hold 'Cyber Storm 2' in March."
Towards the end they mentioned it was done on isolated computers run from the Secret Service basement.
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Here's a link to the actual report:
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1158340980371.shtm
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/prep_cyberstormreport_sep06.pdf
From the report, it looks like everything was simulated.
I was involved in the last CyberStorm exercise. It is almost all simulated. Essentially the members from all the critical goverment entities meet (last time it was at a DHS facility, not sure where this one was held) at a designated location (google NCRCG).... A control center (the non player control center) throws scenarios out, they start innocent, and the members respond, sometimes reaching back to their respective security personnel or organizations (those in the meeting room are usually federal employees in the decision making process, high level feds). Sometimes they intercommunicate with the other gov orgs as well. From there the scenarios, which are all interlinked, get progressively more serious. The last few days of the exercise are table tops that show what went wrong, and how things turned out.
Beyond that, I cannot explain anymore.
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