The information technology team at the Homeland Security Department (DHS) will be working around the clock next week to monitor an exercise simulating a terrorist attack on Seattle and Chicago, the department's chief information officer said today. Steve Cooper said . . . . The information technology team at the Homeland Security Department (DHS) will be working around the clock next week to monitor an exercise simulating a terrorist attack on Seattle and Chicago, the department's chief information officer said today. Steve Cooper said his team of top-level IT officials would be looking for any cybersecurity lapses and actions that should have been taken but were not. "We'll be watching for lessons learned: Is there something we missed? Do we need to fill a gap?" he told Federal Computer Week at the semiannual CIO Summit, sponsored by FCW Media Group. The link for this article located at FCW is no longer available. . The Department of Homeland Security's technology division is gearing up for a simulated terrorist incident in both Seattle and Chicago, evaluating their digital defense strategies.. Cybersecurity Drill, IT Assessment, Cyber Threat Monitoring, Terrorism Exercise. . Anthony Pell
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