Held March 10-14, 2008, largest cyber security exercise ever organized. Cyber Storm II included "18 federal departments and agencies, nine states (Calif., Colo., Del., Ill., Mich., N.C., Pa., Texas and Va.), five countries (United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom), and more than 40 private sector companies. They include ABB, Inc., Air Products, Cisco, Dow Chemical Company Inc., Harris Corporation, Juniper Networks, McAfee, Microsoft, NeuStar, PPG Industries, and Wachovia. Cyber Storm II objectives include: (1) Examining the capabilities of participating organizations to prepare for, protect against, and respond to the potential effects of cyber attacks (2) Exercising strategic decision making and interagency coordination of incident response in accordance with national level policy and procedures (3) Validating information sharing relationships and communications paths for the collection and dissemination of cyber incident situational awareness, response and recovery information (4) Examining means and processes through which to share sensitive information across boundaries and sectors without compromising proprietary or national security interests". (DHS, DHS Holds Cyber Storm II Exercise to Further Cyber Security Preparedness and Response Capabilities, March 10, 2008)