UK Banks test their cyber defences, 'Operation Waking Shark 2'

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TheTelegraph: Banks put to the test over cyber security
Simulated online attack will test UK’s banking, payments and markets systems

Banks will next month launch the most extensive cyber threat exercise in two years as the authorities test the preparedness of the financial system to survive a sustained online attack.

Operation Waking Shark 2 has been scheduled for mid-November with every high street bank expected to take part in a one-day “war game” simulating the impact of a major cyber attack on the payments and markets systems on which the UK’s financial system depends.

An outside consultant has designed and will lead the test – monitored by the Bank of England, Treasury and Financial Conduct Authority – to assess the ability of Britain’s core financial services providers to withstand attacks by cyber criminals as well as state-sponsored terrorist attacks on the UK.

Correction: 'Wire Shark' to 'Waking Shark'

 

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