Europe Begins Its Largest-Ever Cyberwar Stress Test

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http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/28/europe-begins-its-largest-ever-cyberwar-stress-test/

By Frances Robinson
The Wall Street Journal
April 28, 2014

In a sign of just how seriously Europe is taking the cyber threat, more 
than 400 cyber security professionals from 29 countries and 200 
organisations are today beginning a biannual cyber exercise coordinated by 
the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA).

It is not the first time ENISA has produced this event, but this year’s 
will be the largest such “stress test” of the continent’s ability to 
withstand massive cyber-attack.

The online event brings together various Cyber Security Agencies, EU 
bodies, Telecoms operators, tech companies and energy providers. Those 
involved must detect and tackle various challenges based on 16 different 
cyber-security incidents. The technical part of the exercise takes places 
in a distributed manner across all of Europe.

“The incidents in Cyber Europe 2014 are very realistic, mimicking unrest 
and political crisis at a pan-European level, disrupting services for 
millions of citizens across Europe,” The Executive Director of ENISA, 
Professor Udo Helmbrecht, said. “This improves the resilience of Europe’s 
critical information infrastructures”.

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