# Agencies and Operators Test Cyber Response

The FedScoop article calls for federal agencies and critical-infrastructure operators to jointly test cyber incident response, with exercises assessing decision authority, containment, evidence sharing, and partner notification—not only technical detection. The article identifies potential demand for cyber exercise design, adversarial exposure validation, remediation testing, and responder training, but reports no specific solicitation, contract, funding, or procurement timeline.

- Procurement teams can use these response functions to shape exercise and readiness requirements beyond detection tools alone.
- Contractors offering exercise design, adversarial validation, remediation testing, or responder training may find relevant market demand; no specific buying opportunity or deadline is identified.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 20, 2026

### Government Entities
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

### Vendors
- AttackIQ ()

### Sources
- [Can government and industry prove they’re ready for a cyberattack? | FedScoop](https://fedscoop.com/federal-government-agencies-industry-cybera) - FedScoop