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Department of Homeland Security National Level Exercise 2012 - Capstone Event & Continuity Exercise - what is this????
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Fact Sheet: National Level Exercise 2012
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Overview
National Level Exercise 2012 (NLE 2012) is being conducted in accordance with the National Exercise Program (NEP), which serves as the nation’s overarching exercise program for planning, organizing, conducting and evaluating national level exercises.
NLE 2012 is part of a series of congressionally mandated preparedness exercises designed to educate and prepare participants for potential catastrophic events. The NLE 2012 process will examine the nation’s ability to coordinate and implement prevention, preparedness, response and recovery plans and capabilities pertaining to a significant cyber event or a series of events. NLE 2012 will also examine national response plans and procedures, including the National Response Framework (NRF), NRF Cyber Incident Annex, and the Interim National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP).
DHS has documented a three-fold increase in reported events on federal government networks over the past three years. This will be the first National Level Exercise that tests our existing protocols and addresses the challenges in preparing for and responding to a cyber incident that has virtual and real-world implications.
Participants in NLE 2012 include representatives from the federal, state, local, and territorial agency officials, nongovernmental and private sector organizations, and international partners.
NLE 2012 includes four main component exercises with common scenario and planning elements. These exercises began in March and will continue through June 2012.
Exercise #1: Information Exchange: Held in late March, this exercise brought together representatives from federal, state, and private sector partners, the Cyber Unified Coordination Group, and others to evaluate information sharing capabilities and build a cyber Common Operating Picture.
Exercise #2: National Tabletop Exercise: Held in late April, this exercise focused on evaluating the National Cyber Incident Response Plan.Participants tested the coordination, authorities, responsibilities, and operational capabilities among U.S. governmental entities, partner nations, and the private sector in response to a significant cyber event.
Exercise #3: Capstone Event: This event began on June 4 and lasts several days. It will address cyber and physical response coordination among a variety of sectors.
Exercise #4: Eagle Horizon/ Continuity Exercise: This event will be held in late June and will evaluate the continuity capability of federal departments and agencies through a full-scale continuity exercise.
More [link to www.dhs.gov]
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