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<p class="MsoNormal">FYSA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cyber Storm (CS), a congressionally mandated National Cyber Exercise, sponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), represents one of the few opportunities for the Federal Government, state and local government,
the private sector, and international partners to come together and address cyber response as a whole community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now on its ninth iteration, Cyber Storm IX (CS IX) assist critical infrastructure sectors and government participants exercise their internal incident response policies and external coordination and information sharing capabilities. The
exercise proposed timeline includes exercise design, development, and planning leading up to the exercise tentatively scheduled in March/April 2024. More information can be found in the attached document.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#005287">CS IX PARTICIPATION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#5A5B5D">CS IX includes organizations across federal, state, and international governments and the private sector. Participating organizations will work directly with CISA to understand CISA’s role and capabilities in
a cyberattack. Participants operate in working groups to meet organization- and sector-specific objectives and improve coordination capabilities through the exercise.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#005287">CS IX VALUE OF PARTICIPATION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Work with partners across the private sector, and state, national and international government during the National Cyber Exercise to better understand, evaluate, and improve cyber incident response capabilities
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">❖</span> Exercise your organization’s cyber incident response and coordination capabilities, and meet your organization’s specific training objectives as part of a large and complex
cyber exercise <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">❖</span> Foster relationships with counterparts across the public and private sector in an immersive and interactive exercise that replicates the challenges of cyber incident response
in a no-fault learning environment <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">❖</span> Improve cyber readiness and resilience by having a voice in the interpretation of the exercise findings and recommendations that are leveraged to inform national cybersecurity
policy <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the attached Cyber Storm IX (CS IX) Slick Sheet which contains more information relating to the exercise to include benefits of participating and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Theresa A. Masse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity State Coordinator/Advisor, Region 10 (Oregon)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Department of Homeland Security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Phone: (503) 930-5671
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#777777">
</span><a href="mailto:theresa.masse@cisa.dhs.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">theresa.masse@cisa.dhs.gov</span></a><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0760C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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