This is an awareness-level course that is designed to teach exercise planners the importance of incorporating cyber into all hazard emergency management. While most exercise planners know cyber-hazards exists, they may have not been taught how to incorporate those hazards into their exercise planning. Furthermore, exercise planners may not know the extent to which cyber hazards impact critical infrastructure. This course will ensure exercise planners are aware of the hazards related to cyber-enabled threats and how to address those hazards within their exercises.
Objectives
- The purpose and types of exercises
- A review of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP), Threat Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA), and Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR)
- Discussion of Cyber as a hazard including current threat landscape for SLTT
- Incorporating cyber events into exercises and adding cyber exercises to exercise program
Target Audience
Exercise planners; EP team leaders; THIRA managers; emergency management personnel; and cyber plan and policy managers.
Prerequisites
Participants should understand the role of exercises in emergency management functions, plans, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
