http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/12/inside-the-ring-cyber-war-games-held/
By Bill Gertz
The Washington Times
November 12, 2014
U.S. Cyber Command recently conducted large-scale digital war games that
involved cyberattacks and defense against foreign strikes on critical
infrastructure.
Cyber Command — led by Navy Adm. Mike Rogers, who is also director of the
National Security Agency — said in a statement that the exercise “Cyber
Flag” was “force-on-force” training, “fusing attack and defense across the
full spectrum of military operations in a closed network environment.”
The drills were held Friday at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and sought
to gauge military cybercapabilities that will be integrated with other
war-fighting commands.
Future conflicts are expected to involve cyberattacks against critical
infrastructure, specifically electrical grids and communications networks
that can be hacked and shut down or ordered to conduct self-destructive
operations.
Few details on exercise scenarios were disclosed, in fitting with Cyber
Command’s NSA-like penchant for secrecy.
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