# Government Cyber Leaders Urge Threat-Emulation Exercises

A MeriTalk article argues that government cyber teams should prepare for unfamiliar attacks by mapping mission dependencies on commercial services, coordinating closely with mission leadership, and conducting realistic threat-emulation exercises. It identifies potential demand for cyber-readiness training, adversary emulation, incident-response exercises, and mission-impact analysis, but names no solicitation, contract value, budget, or procurement deadline.

- Agencies and contractors supporting cyber readiness may find opportunities in training, realistic exercise design, incident response, and analysis of how commercial-service disruptions affect missions.
- Procurement teams can use mission dependency mapping and coordination with mission leadership to shape exercise scopes and assess whether proposed services address operational impacts, not just technical threats.
- The article describes a capability need rather than an active procurement; it provides no specific buying agency, contract vehicle, or submission timeline.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology, Defense & Military
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 22, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
- DoD CERT (DoD CERT)
- Joint Task Force – Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO)
- U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)
- U.S. European Command (EUCOM)

### Vendors
- Hack The Box ()

### Sources
- [Is Government Cyber Preparedness Too Focused on Yesterday’s Threats? – MeriTalk](https://www.meritalk.com/is-government-cyber-preparedness-too-focused-on-yesterdays-threats) - MeriTalk