"38 Countries Take Part in NATO’s 2023 Locked Shields Cyber Exercise"

Last week, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Estonia hosted the 2023 edition of the annual Locked Shields cyber defense exercise.  Last year's event had roughly 2,000 participants representing 32 countries, and the 2023 Locked Shields exercise had 3,000 participants from 38 countries.  The exercise has been organized at the CCDCOE for more than a decade.  The exercise tests participants' ability to defend systems against real-time attacks, handle incident reporting, and solve challenges related to forensics, the media, and legal issues.  At Locked Shields, attacking Red Teams compete against defending Blue Teams, with the Blue Team being tasked to defend a made-up country's information systems and critical infrastructure, including energy and banking systems, from large-scale attacks.  Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur stated that this past year had shown us how vital strength in cyber defense is.  

SecurityWeek reports: "38 Countries Take Part in NATO’s 2023 Locked Shields Cyber Exercise"