The Idaho National Guard (IDNG) and ITS recently hosted Cyber Discovery 2024. Cyber Discovery is a regional cyber exercise built upon a five-year partnership focused on consultation, training, and assistance in support of security operations, incident tracking, and response. This exercise brought in 50 participants with 26 military personnel maneuvering in five cyber threat actor lanes (red team) versus a team of 19 ITS, three Boise State students, and three military personnel forming a defense team (blue team).
As evident in this year’s performance, the ITS blue team has made significant strides in threat detection, synchronized actions, and teamwork. Legacy applications, data classification, multi-factor, and full packet inspection were identified as areas to improve upon in FY 2025. Governor Little joined the briefing on the final day to learn more about cyber risk and steps Idaho can take to enhance security statewide.
