This year, 15,000 military personnel will participate in the largest cyberdefesa year in the country to better prepare for real threats.
One pen USB infected. It is all that is needed to damage the missile system of a French war ship.
Fortunately, this time, it’s just an exercise. It is one of the many fictional scenarios faced by the officers of the cyber war in a Base Naval In Toulon, in southern France.
For two weeks, until March 28, 15,000 military personnel of all branches of the French armed forces (Army, Navy, Air Force and Space Force) It will be tested in the country’s largest Cyberdefesa exercises, called Defnet.
The objective is to strengthen cyber defenses using real stages of the world, many of them inspired by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, where to digital war He has played a key role along with traditional combat.
Pleado on a computer, Master Antoine, a Cyberdefe Specialist from the French Navy, is busy trying to find out where the virus came from.
“Our first task was to collect technical samples of compromised or infected hardware and, after the samples, perform an analysis to find out what happened to the system. It is important that we practice the procedures and use the tools so that when an incident occurs, we are efficient and operational,” he told Euronews.
This annual exercise is crucial to prepare the French army for the worst possible scenario, as a cyber attack in the sea.
In this case, cyber war officers will have to react much faster.
“In the case of a real cyberata, as is simulated in this training, we can put into practice the same completely functional workflows carried out in this exercise. But this time, with real -time pressure, which means that people will have to react as soon as possible to recover the availability of the weapons system, so that we can continue our mission,” said the head of information systems and communications communications and communications.
The French army has 4,000 cyber officers, but with the increase in cyber threats, the military plan to expand its digital defense force to 5,000 employees by 2030.
In May, it will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, a similar cyberdefesa exercise that will bring together NATO allies for joint test.
