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CBP to Conduct New Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise

NEW ORLEANS -- CBP will run a second tabletop exercise for cybersecurity focused on carriers, Trade Modernization Branch Chief Kyle Griffin announced April 24 at the annual National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America conference. CBP held a similar…

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tabletop exercise in February, which led to new guidance to help customs brokers plan for cybersecurity incidents (see 2304100051). The new tabletop exercise will focus on carriers and will incorporate some of what CBP learned from the previous exercise on brokers, Griffin said. He didn't provide a timetable for the second exercise but said they help CBP better understand its gaps in helping to prevent cyberattacks.