Inside a Government Computer Attack Excercise
10/17/11 | CNN
CNN gets an insider look at the Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) "Read Team/Blue Team" advanced training exercise. INL, operated by the Department of Homeland Security, hosts these events to teach industrial control system cyber security techniques. One team tries to attack a simulated control system while the other attempts to defend it:
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EXCERPT Forget, for the moment, about computer whiz kids who download copyrighted music for free. Forget, too, about sophisticated hackers who can steal identities. Focus instead on the next wave of potential computer miscreants -- criminals who can penetrate corporate computer systems to turn valves, start pumps or surge power at factories or electrical plants. They might even be able to hit chemical facilities. |