Quantum Dawn 2 will test Wall Street's cyber readiness

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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240859/Quantum_Dawn_2_will_test_Wall_Street_s_cyber_readiness

By Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
July 17, 2013

Starting at around 8.30 a.m. ET Thursday and continuing through Friday 
morning, dozens of major Wall Street firms will come under a series of 
massive cyberattacks aimed at crippling financial services networks around 
the country.

Fortunately for the firms -- and their customers -- the attacks will 
simply be a drill, codenamed Quantum Dawn 2. The effort is designed to 
test cyber incident response and coordination capabilities within the U.S. 
financial services sector.

The exercise, being coordinated by the Securities Industry and Financial 
Markets Association (SIFMA), will involve about 50 organizations, 
including large financial firms, exchanges, the U.S. Treasury Department, 
the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.

Incident response teams from each organization will work from their 
facilities to respond to the simulated attacks and mitigate them in a 
coordinated fashion, according to a SIFMA spokeswoman. Participants in the 
exercise only know that the drill is being carried out, but have not been 
briefed on any specifics.

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