For one week, employees at this cyber security company get to play the bad guys

For most of the year, employees of leading cyber-security firm Symantec work toward securing and managing their customers’ information.

This week, they took a break from that. They got to be the bad guys.

Four years ago, Symantec launched its annual CyberWar Games, an internal event that challenges employees to walk in the shoes of an attacker. The Games simulates an information security breach modeled after a high profile incident reported in the media, and employees experience the attack from start to finish as the malicious party.