Pentagon building Internet simulator to practice cyberwar

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061711-national-cyber-range.html

By Tim Greene
Network World
June 17, 2011

A model of the Internet where the Pentagon can practice cyberwar games 
-- complete with software that mimics human behavior under varying 
military threat levels -- is due to be up and running by this time next 
year, according to a published report.

Called the National Cyber Range, the computer network mimics the 
architecture of the Internet so military planners can see the effects of 
cyberweapons by acting out attack and defense scenarios, Reuters says.

Planning for the Cyber Range was carried out by Lockheed Martin, which 
won a $30.8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 
grant, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, which 
won $24.7 million.

The description of the range as issued by DARPA calls for a flexible 
test bed that can mimic government, military and commercial networks as 
well as "human behavior and frailties." The human behavior simulation 
has to be able to respond as a person would under defense readiness 
condition (DefCon) and information operations condition (InfoCon) as 
well as carry out execution of war plans.

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