Cyber War Strategic Exercise (CWSX) pitted graduate students from City University of Seattle and Bellevue University against each other in a real-world scenario. CWSX was developed by Dr. Erik Fretheim, Professor and Executive Director of the Technology Institute @ City. University of. Seattle. The students quickly learned that the process of mapping a strategic objective into an actionable plan is hard. It takes more work than expected, and gets a bit easier with some experience. Cyber war (and security) is not played in isolation. It requires thinking and acting in multiple dimensions.”]