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Latest DHS Cyber Exercise Shows Gains But Organizations Face Potential External Weaknesses

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 14th, 2020

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Latest DHS Cyber Exercise Shows Gains But Organizations Face Potential External Weaknesses

Brian Harrell, assistant director for Infrastructure Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Photo: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security last week completed its latest major biennial exercise of a major cyber security event with initial results showing improvements are being made but also that organizations need to be more aware of potential threats from external sources, a department official said last week. One of the key takeaways from the three-day Cyber Storm 2020 event is that “it was clear that many organizations do not have a full understanding of their reliance on third party…

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