Security News > 2020 > December > US and Australia to develop shared cyberattack training platform
The United States and Australia have signed a first-ever bilateral agreement that allows the U.S. Cyber Command and the Information Warfare Division of the Australian Defense Force to jointly develop and share a virtual cyber training platform.
The two countries' departments of defense will achieve this by incorporating IWD's feedback into USCYBERCOM's simulated training domain known as the Persistent Cyber Training Environment.
PCTE now provides a collaborative training platform that USCYBERCOM, IWD, and allied forces can re-use and develop while training individually and in collaboration.
"The training environment requirements, driven by training objectives and user-defined specifications, must emulate a realistic operational environment that provides scope, scalability, and fidelity."
The Cyber Training Capabilities Project Arrangement signed today by Australia and the US "Is an example of how the cyber mission forces of the U.S. and Australia work together and showcases success in the Armaments Cooperation," USCYBERCOM added.