US and UK plan cyber ‘war games’ to test resilience

Title: US and UK plan cyber ‘war games’ to test resilience

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/16/cyber-war-games-uk-us-intelligence

Summary:

This artivle is about a rolling programme of transatlantic cyber “war games” are to be conducted by British and US intelligence agencies to test their resilience in the face of mounting global cyber-attacks. Obama and Cameron have been finalizing plans to take the first step to simulate attacks on the banks of London city and Wall Street.

Facts/Phrases:

Ø  Agents from GCHQ and MI5 on the UK side and from the National Security Agency and the FBI on the US side are already working in the US division of the cell. This will be matched by a cyber-cell in the UK.

Ø  In a speech on Tuesday at the National Cyber security Communications Integration Centre, the president spoke of the need for a “shared mission” involving the government and the private sector. Warning that most of the US’s “critical infrastructure” is owned by the private sector and run on networks connected to the net, the president said: “Neither the government nor the private sector can defend the nation alone. It is going to have to be a shared mission.”

Opinion:

In my opinion, this is quite intriguing in terms that they are insane enough to attack the banks/wall street when if they do the systems will be vulnerable and when they do carry this out the likelihood that any hackers won’t be just waiting to hack and attack the systems to make millions just disappear.