Article by Michael Kassner about the facility offering realistic cybersecurity training modeled on the approach used by the military and first responders.
Militaries understand the importance of training in as realistic a manner as possible. It helps automate responses and find areas that need improving, and, most importantly, those involved walk away unscathed.
That realism is achieved by immersing people in simulated attacks. CTO of cybersecurity company root9B suggests that having trained personnel who think like adversaries is as important as the defensive technology in use. The people at IBM’s X-Force Command Center agree and work hard to create training conditions that are as realistic as possible.
IBM’s Cyber Range uses live malware, ransomware, and other real-world hacker tools culled from the dark web to deliver realistic cyberattack experiences. The facility features an air-gapped network of a fictitious corporation, used for simulated attacks, consisting of one petabyte of information, more than 3,000 users and a simulated version of the internet.
Caleb Barlow, vice president at IBM Security and his team have found that under duress those with military or emergency-services experience step up and supply the needed leadership. “Some kinds of leadership can be taught in a classroom, but the true test of leadership happens in the arena,” concludes Barlow. “Leaders thrive in tough situations, and every tough situation needs leaders.”
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