http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/01/us-uk-establish-joint-hacker-team-conduct-cyber-war-games/103170/
By Patrick Tucker
Defense One
January 16, 2015
The White House on Friday unveiled a series of steps to increase
co-operation between the United States and the United Kingdom in combating
cyber threats. Those steps include better threat information sharing and
the creation of a new joint cyber task force.
The U.S. and U.K. already collaborate with one another and with many other
countries on cyber defense issues through the Computer Emergency Readiness
Team program. Today, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister
David Cameron announced the formation of a “joint cell,” that will have a
physical presence in both countries and will bring together Internet
security experts from the United Kingdom’s Government Communications
Headquarters, GCHQ, Security Service, MI5, the National Security Agency,
NSA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“The cell, which will allow staff from each agency to be co-located, will
focus on specific cyber defense topics and enable cyber threat information
and data to be shared at pace and at greater scale,” according to a White
House statement.
The cell will conduct cyber war games in the spring, simulating attacks on
the financial sector.
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