GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – Cyber Endeavor, a component of the U.S. European Command’s Combined Endeavor 2010 exercise, the largest military communications training, ended its first cyber-defense seminar, Sept.15.
More than 40 participants from 26 countries and two organizations, including NATO and the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, an organization formed under the government of the Republic of Estonia, participated in the seminar hosted in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 3-15 at the Joint Multinational Simulations Center. The event brought the nations together to discuss and develop cybersecurity best practices.
“Securing against cyber attacks has become one of the highest priorities for organizations and nations,” said William C. Poole, International Cyber Defense Engagement Officer. “To achieve this objective, networks, systems and the operations teams that support them must vigorously defend against a variety of threats.”
In 2007, Estonia was the subject of a series of cyber attacks which crippled the internet across the country. Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said, "Our critical infrastructure, electricity grids, transportation networks and mobile phone networks are so enmeshed and tied to the internet that any open society is open to complete and utter failure."
"The computers used in the [Estonia] attacks were distributed worldwide, in more than 100 countries. The attackers can hide very easily, and that is a problem," Hendrik said.
“Cyber Endeavor’s goal is to help meet the global challenge of securing cyberspace in a multi-national forum,” Poole said.
The site at Grafenwoehr’s Camp Aachen was selected this year to host the exercise because it had both the facilities and network capabilities to facilitate the large-scale event.
All of the required technology was provided onsite. Additionally, many private organizations, such as, SANS, IXL, Symantec, McAfee, CISCO, Breaking Point, and Norwich University of Northfield, Vt., contributed time or technology to assist the seminar.
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 09.21.2010 05:03 |
| Story ID: | 56673 |
| Location: | GRAFENWOEHR, BAYERN, DE |
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