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9A THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016 College: It will hold March 29 meeting about the offer Continued from Page 1A The arts center and Josie Pepper Building are located at the corner of 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. County maps show the college owns about a third of the block, including the buildings and surround- ing parking lot, while a little less than half the block is the former Lum’s Auto Center, owned by the Gordon David Lum Trust. The block has a few other houses on the south- eastern corner. The college met Thursday with co-chairwomen Char- lene Larsen and Constance Waisanen from Partners for the PAC, a coalition of arts-ori- ented user groups formed in 2012 that pays the college about $2,000 a month for the operation of the center. Larsen said the coalition hopes to meet with the devel- opers and learn more about their vision for the site and what exactly “community cen- ter” means. “Change will occur, and it’s really important that the college and the partners and everyone involved be open and transparent through this whole process,” she said. “That’s the impression I got from the meeting” Thursday. The college, which pur- chased the former Peace Lutheran Church in the 1970s, has not held classes at the arts center in several years and estimates a massive amount of deferred maintenance is needed on the building. The adjacent Josie Peper Building was already sur- plused. The college attempted to sell it for a second home and vacation rental, but had a rezoning request blocked by the Astoria City Council after residents complained it would change the character of the his- toric Shively-McClure district. The college will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 29 in Columbia Hall Room 219 on the main cam- pus to further discuss the offer. The Daily Astorian Clatsop Community College has received an offer on the Performing Arts Center, left, and Josie Peper Building. US cyber pros test skills in exercise meant to stop attacks By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press WASHINGTON — The moment a 8.S. of¿cial pressed a computer key Tuesday, doz- ens of security experts who gathered in an underground control room girded them- selves for a cyberattack — a drill meant to thwart the kinds of intrusions that have recently crippled health networks and retail giants. The weeklong event run by the Homeland Security Department and hosted by the U.S. Secret Service is now a decade old. But of¿cials say this week’s exercises are becoming more important as both the government and pri- vate sector have reeled from breaches of personal data. More than 1,000 U.S. cybersecurity professionals are participating in — and test- ing how well they respond to — a mock attack, said Greg- ory Touhill, a Homeland Secu- rity Department deputy assis- tant secretary for cybersecurity protection. They’ll be work- ing together for three days in Washington and across the nation. “Retail and health care have been in the headlines Tami Abdollah/AP Photo Secret Service Director Joe Clancy speaks during the kick off Cyber Storm V in Wash- ington, Tuesday. More than 1,100 cybersecurity professionals across the country and from Wyoming, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine, Nevada, Oklahoma and Oregon, are participating in the Homeland Security Department’s simulation to test their ability to deal with a cyberattack, said Touhill, the agency’s deputy assistant secretary for Cy- bersecurity Operations and Programs at DHS. — and, frankly, in the cross- hairs for a lot of criminals,” Touhill said. Household names like Target Corp., The Home Depot, UCLA Health Systems and Anthem Inc. have all faced recent cyberattacks that com- promised millions of their cus- tomers’ data. U.S. of¿cials wouldn’t detail the attack scenarios unfolding this week because they said it would tip off the drill’s participants. But they said their event has one, overarching scenario, with roughly 1,000 smaller events — spurred by a phone call, an email or a news article — that could be indicators of an loom- ing cyberattack. Suzanne Spaulding, a top Homeland Security cyber of¿- cial, said the “challenge is here and now.” She pointed to a “nightmare” scenario last December, in which hackers attacked the Ukrainian electri- cal grid and cut power to about a quarter-million people. During previous U.S.- led tests, of¿cials found what they called areas for improve- ment. Touhill said at least two areas from a previous test are still being addressed, includ- ing ensuring people have and follow protocols, and security personnel share information effectively. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy described the event Tuesday as a way to stay one step ahead of crimi- nals who’ve taken advantage of new and changing technol- ogy, and who have changed their own tactics. In addition to eight par- ticipating state governments — Wyoming, Missouri, Mis- sissippi, Georgia, Maine, Nevada, Oklahoma and Ore- gon — of¿cials from ¿ve countries are also observing the exercises. The Homeland Security Department wouldn’t reveal the countries involved. Other participants include health companies, Internet ser- vice providers, telephone com- panies and retail organiza- tions. The aim is to test human response and coordination, not necessarily the participants’ technical skills. “We’re looking to ¿nd the failure points, to raise the bar in every scenario,” Touhill said. Recent attacks have also hammered the ¿nancial sector, in which a 2014 data breach at JPMorgan Chase affected more than 76 million house- holds and 7 million small busi- nesses. The bank said hack- ers may have stolen names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. Meanwhile, U.S. of¿cials told Congress last year the Of¿ce of Personnel Manage- ment didn’t take basic steps to secure their computer net- works. That allowed to Chi- nese-linked hackers to steal pri- vate information about nearly every federal employee, as well as detailed personal histories of millions who had security clearances. 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