Thread: Eligible receiver 1997, USA, seminal DOD cyber exercise . Part 0ne.

Existing History

Joint Exercise Eligible Receiver 97 marks a critical moment in the evolution of American cyber policy. Over the course of the exercise an NSA Red Team using “off the shelf” equipment demonstrated the ability to compromise civilian infrastructure networks and succeeded in penetrating Department of Defense networks to the point of seriously degrading military command and control systems. Newly released documents now suggest that the exercise may have had a physical component in which the consequences of the Red Team's network exploitation would have manifested. The shocking results of the exercise led directly to the formation of what would eventually become United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and were briefed to the writers of the formative Marsh Report on critical infrastructure protection. Despite the significance of ER97, however, very little is publicly known about the exercise itself.



Eligible Receiver 97 After Action Report - YouTube

Eligible Receiver 97: Seminal DOD Cyber Exercise Included Mock Terror Strikes and Hostage Simulations | National Security Archive (gwu.edu)

Eligible receiver 1997 Part two. The final observation report.

New documents demonstrate the multi-agency impact of Eligible Receiver 97-1 (ER97-1)

Report shows conflict between shrinking DOD technical staff and expanding information battlespace

Senior DOD official: “ER97-1 was the most interesting, informative, and challenging exercise we have seen in a long, long time.”



Eligible Receiver 97, Part II: The Final Observation Report | National Security Archive (gwu.edu)