DOD Official Touts 'Unprecedented' Cybersecurity Exercise

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A cybersecurity exercise sponsored last month by the Department of Homeland Security has major implications for efforts to define the Defense Department's role in guarding American networks from malicious cyber attacks, according to a senior Pentagon official.rnCyber Storm III broke new ground compared to the last two iterations, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cybersecurity and Space Policy Robert Butler told reporters at an Oct. 20 breakfast in Washington. The three-dayrnexercise, which sought to test defenses against potential cyber attacks that could cripple information systems and result in the loss of life, was "unprecedented" in its opportunities for solving communication issues among departments and sectors working on cybersecurity, he said.