https://www.cyberscoop.com/cyber-flag-cyber-command-coronavirus-five-eyes/
By Shannon Vavra
CYBERSCOOP
June 25, 2020
This year when U.S. Cyber Command convened with allied countries to test
how they would collectively defend against a cyber-operation targeting
allied networks, the units came together for what appeared to be a
straightforward simulation of an attack against a European airbase.
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic made the simulation less than
straightforward.
For the first time ever, participants conducted the exercise from home on
a new platform, according to U.S. military cyber commanders involved in
the exercise. The annual simulation, which simulated an attack that
impacted both information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT),
took place on the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE).
“The impact of COVID-19 is pretty clear and it’s been a challenge for us.
But it didn’t pause the action that’s been going on in cyberspace,” U.S.
Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger, the director of Cyber Command
exercises and training, told reporters Wednesday. “Within Cyber Command we
couldn’t stop and that’s really because our adversaries haven’t stopped
during this pandemic.”
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