UK joins US financial institutions for industry resilience tests

The UK teamed up with US authorities to run a banking industry resilience exercise, dubbed Operation Resilient Shield, last week. The paper-based transatlantic exercise focused on improving information sharing and planning in the context of a cyber attack rather than fending off Red Team hackers. Leading (but unnamed) global …

[Tony S]

Good to hear

Although some people might be a bit cynical about this, it's good to know that they are actually trying to do something to make sure that they are ready for when things go wrong.

I was talking to the chief exec of a local government body about 18 months ago, and he admitted that when they had such exercises, you could be forgiven for thinking no-one had ever heard of the plans, let alone read them. Even their regular fire drills would often show a poor state of preparedness.

But hopefully, this particular exercise will be used to develop a more practical test (or tests).

[Pascal Monett]

It obviously can't hurt. Personally, even if the exercise is a shambles, it still will result in better awareness for all involved.

Fire drills are an accepted nuisance for a risk that is actually not all that common. This should become a regular occurence because, if I am not mistaken, the risk is far larger.