Critical sections of the UK IT infrastructure will come under attack this
week as the US
Department of Homeland
Security runs Operation Cyber Storm, a global penetration test to assess how
vulnerable the nation is to online attack.
An anonymous source has
confirmed
to US publication Federal Computer Week that the exercise will be
global in scale and include attempted penetration of key UK infrastructure, as
well as targets in the US, Canada and Australia.
The US National Cyber Security Division is funding the testing programme and
Donald Purdy, its acting director, told Congress in October that such a test was
being planned.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed in November that the original
plan was to hold the test in November but that the response to hurricanes
Katrina and Rita forced a rescheduling for February.
Penetration tests will be conducted on financial institutions, power
companies and other users of critical IT systems.
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