In recognition of the vital importance of cybersecurity in Georgia, and the economic impact on all businesses that operate in the state, Governor Deal has signed a proclamation declaring February 25^th as "Business Cybersecurity Day in Georgia” to build cooperation and government-enterprise partnership and prepare Georgia businesses to react quickly and with a minimum of damage to the inevitable cyber challenges that lie ahead”.

“The State of Georgia is a leader in the area of cyber security and the upcoming cyber security simulation reinforces that leadership.  The office of the Governor, in partnership with TAG, is positioning Georgia as the place to be if you are in the field of cyber security.” said Roy Hadley, Chair of the TAG Info Security Society and partner in the Privacy & Information Security practice in the Atlanta office of the law firm of Thompson Hine LLP.  “We are excited that Governor Deal is supportive of this unique initiative and of the Georgia cyber security industry.  Cyber security is truly one area where Georgia leads.”

The proclamation will be officially presented to the Info Security Society of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) at the 2014 Cybersecurity Simulation. The event will take place on Tuesday, February 25th at the Clay National Guard Center (CNGC) in Marietta, Ga.

More than 200 executives, law enforcement and other cyber security professionals will be guests of The Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard, General James Butterworth at the CNGC, headquarters of the Georgia National Guard. Located near Dobbins Air Reserve Base, CNGC is also the home of the 201st Regional Support Group (RSG) and the Joint Operations Center (JOC). These units foster dialogue between regional first responders and other agencies, and play an important role at the regional level, helping develop and build regional disaster relief and response plans and cybersecurity alerts and responses, in conjunction with southeastern emergency managers, such as the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA).

The Cybersecurity Simulation event is an all-day, open business continuity simulation: a role playing event where C-Level executives, senior management and security practitioners come together and spontaneously react to carefully planned business-impacting cyber and physical attacks and try and get their fictional organization back up and running.