Thales to set up Dutch Cyber Range
Thales and the Dutch Defence Cyber Command (DCC) have entered into a contract to build a cyber defence training and testing facility called the Cyber Range, the company announced on 3 May.
The facility will enable the simulation of cyber-attacks and incidents as well as defence and protective mechanisms on various weapon systems, satellite links or IT environments. Offensive cyber tactics will also be tested. The facility will have a scalable virtual environment that can be frozen during training or an exercise for reviewing, inspecting, evaluating and analysing scenarios.
The facility will support small-scale and large-scale exercises and training, and will be linked to mobile applications and other systems. The agreement will see Thales provide support for the coming three years.
There is also potential to link the Cyber Range with other facilities and labs to enable collaboration within the DCC; and on a national scale with other knowledge centres and ministries, to enable international collaborations in large-scale cyber exercises.
Brigadier General Hans Folmer, commander, DCC, said: 'The Cyber Range is an important step for the DCC. It is a facility in which many forms of cyber operations can be simulated. This is essential to train our staff and to test our systems.'
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