Facing Growing Threats, Army Hosts Defense Critical Infrastructure Summit to Boost Installation Crisis Response

Facing growing threats, Army hosts Defense Critical Infrastructure summit to boost installation crisis response

More than a dozen agencies gathered at Fort Bragg last week to game-out a worst-case scenario for the North Carolina installation. All at once, drones attacked; a nearby water treatment plant was hacked, launching a wave of E. Coli across post that sickened countless soldiers readying to deploy; and a municipal worker accidentally severed a fiber optic line critical for crisis communication while clearing debris. Top officials from federal commu…

First Defense Critical Infrastructure summit aims to develop repeatable playbook

During a table top exercise, the Army, along with 14 external partners, gamed out how to respond to a coordinated and simultaneous attack on an installation as units are deploying.