Exercise derived from real life cyber incidents, says Ministry
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), in collaboration with Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), has designed and conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy” on 31 Aug 2022 for 13 countries as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative-Resilience Working Group which is being led by India under the leadership of National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).
The exercise, “Building Network Resiliency to counter Ransomware Attacks”, was derived from real life cyber incidents, in which a domestic level (limited impact) ransomware incident escalates to a global cyber security crisis, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said.
Exercise “Synergy” was hosted by CERT-In on its exercise simulation platform. Each State participated as a National Crisis Management Team having composition from different government agencies including National CERTs/CSIRTs, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA), Communication & IT/ICT Ministry and Security agencies.
The specific objective of the exercise was to Assess, Share and Improve strategies and practices among Member-States to build network resiliency against ransomware & cyber extortion attacks.
Exercise “Synergy” was successful in meeting its objectives and provided insights for better coordination & cooperation among CRI Member States to build network resiliency and counter ransomware attacks. fiinews.com
