Cyber ShockWave

Cyber ShockWave, similar to the Cyber Storm Exercise, was a 4-hour wargame conducted in February 2010 by the Bipartisan Policy Center, an American think tank based in Washington, D.C.[1] Former high-ranking Cabinet and National Security Officials role played a cabinet level response to a cyberwarfare scenario.

[8] It was created by former CIA Director General Michael Hayden and conducted by the Bipartisan Policy Center to give a glimpse of what would happen during a cyber attack and gauged whether or not the United States was prepared for it.

[10] The list of attendees included:[8][11] One of the simulation attacks that was presented was a malware program planted into phones during a popular basketball game.

[4][9] The simulation revealed that the response speed is crucial during a cyber attack and that the planning deficiency in which the United States exhibited during the game can be extremely costly.

[13] Former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart added that the simulation Shockwave may cause a panic among people, but that was in fact a good thing.