US, UK Establish a Joint Hacker A-Team To Conduct Cyber War Games

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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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