*** Beginning tomorrow (Wednesday, October 16th) and through Thursday (Oct. 17th - Default Deadline Day), there will be a Cyber Attack Drill with over 1,000 U.S. banks in order to allegedly check the safety of these financial institutions. Also, there is another 2 day Cyber Attack Drill scheduled for October 23rd and 24th. Thursday is also the Great Shakeout Day which is for a national earthquake preparedness drill. Next month (November 13th and 14th) is the National Power Grid Drill in order to allegedly check the safety of our national electrical grids. It sure seems like our leaders are a bit too paranoid as opposed to the people who speak out against them. Please note that any potential computer glitches similar to the EBT card issues in recent days may have a possible impact on peoples access to bank records or funds. Quotes: Just figured people should be aware that a large scale nation-wide cyber-attack drill will be held on Oct 16-17 & 23-24 2013, and will involve over 1000 banks across the US. Considering all that is currently going on right now (and some of the recent cyber-attack prep via the Quantum Dawn II drill), this drill and these dates in Oct 2013 might be worth giving a bit of extra attention. FS-ISAC Financial Institution CAPP Exercise: October 16 - 17, 2013 and October 23 - 24, 2013 Over a two-day period in the fall of 2013, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS‐ISAC), in conjunction with the Payments Risk Council (PRC), is conducting a simulated attack on payment processes to help you assess your company’s readiness in the event of such an attack or event. [link to fsisac (secure)] Banks Plan National Cyber-Attack Drill: More than 1,000 banks will test their incident response strategies by participating in a simulated cyber-attack exercise. SWACHAs Dennis Simmons says the drill, which is open to more participants, will help bolster defenses. Banks are interested in testing their defenses in the wake of recent cyber-attacks, says Simmons, president and CEO of SWACHA, a regional payments association. Those attacks include account-takeover attempts linked to phishing and ACH and wire fraud, as well as distributed-denial-of-service attacks that are sometimes waged as modes of distraction to veil fraud. [link to bankinfosecurity] https://fsisac/fs-isac-capp-exercise-financial-institutions
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 04:28:47 +0000
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