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X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

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Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#21
We're definitely going to laugh on how ridiculous and over-the-top this is, but we live in an age of spectacle. If I'm getting a cybersecurity seminar or training session, I'd rather it come rolling in like Gordon Ramsay than something standard and boring.

If its entertaining, maybe people will pay attention to it more? Communication can be an engineering problem too.

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#22

wait... this looks like "training" not proper production stuff... guess it cant be production... it would take IBM an age to roll this to an environment suffering a breach... it has to be training... looks interesting though...

> it would take IBM an age to roll this to an environment suffering a breach

No problem, that's where we use the X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center Helicopter.

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#25

It’s easy to roll eyes at this. I’m curious if anyone knows of a situation where having a “cyber NOC” situation room was actually useful? Major corporations are building them and hiring “Cyber Resilience” teams. Is it all fluff, or is my cynicism causing me to miss key enterprise threat models and communication needs?

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Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#27
post #20

rather offtopic but this rolling marketing gag is powered by a Peterbuilt 579 (why is the logo blacked out??) and only weighs 23 tons. The 579 can easily haul more than double this. https://www.peterbilt.com/trucks/highway/model-579 this is a class 8 truck which retails for around $150,000 new and has a 12 liter PACCAR MX13 engine with ~450HP and 1800FP of torque. Collision mitigation, advanced cruise radar, and an a…

Disclaimer: I know nothing and this is an honest questions.

I wonder if they intend to be able to use the tractor for power in situations where external power is lacking. Powering, and more importantly and power-hungry, cooling "23 tons" of equipment wouldn't be the lightest task.

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#28

If I was a hacker I would watch to see which companies bought these, knowing they are clueless about network security and probably soft targets. Soft targets with lots of money.

Well, maybe not that much money. After all, they just gave most of it to IBM.

IBM is basically the corporate equivalent of assisted living? Old corporations turn to IBM to drain their finances until they die of old age?

Re: X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center

#30
"Putting cybercrime on the road to ruin". Bless whoever had to type that sentence and keep a straight face.

This is hilarious, but honestly sign me up for the job where I get to setup an computer environment in the back of a semi. I don't think it will actually lead to any good, but it should be fun.

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