MULTINATIONAL EFFORT: Teams from the US and 14 other nations are to challenge a Taiwanese team in a two-part drill to test the government’s ability to defend Web sites
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 23, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan is to test its cyberdefense capabilities in the first-ever Cyber Offensive and Defensive Exercises
Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai speaks an event in Kaohsiung in an undated file photograph.
Photo: Ko Yu-hao, Taipei Times
Chen, who is also head of the Cabinet department for information security, said that in the wake of increasing cyberattacks targeting the government, the department has been holding regular cybersecurity drills to test the readiness and responsive capabilities of related authorities.
As part of ongoing efforts to respond to such threats, Chen said Taiwan and the US are to hold the five-day Cyber Offensive and Defensive Exercises in early November.
The drill was first announced by American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen during a cybersecurity forum in Taipei on Tuesday.
According to Chen, the exercises will be similar to the Cyber Storm exercises, which are the US Department of Homeland Security’s exercises to strengthen cyberpreparedness in the public and private sectors, held every two years.
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