"4 Countries Join NATO Cyber Defense Center"

The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) recently announced that four countries have joined as members: Ukraine, Ireland, Japan, and Iceland.  The announcement was made on the cybersecurity center’s 15th anniversary.  The organization, based in Tallinn, Estonia, now has 39 members.  The NATO cyber defense hub conducts cyber defense research, training, and exercises, focusing on areas such as technology, strategy, operations, and law.  The CCDCOE recently conducted the annual Locked Shields cyber defense exercise, in which the representatives of 38 countries took part.  In the exercise, Red Teams compete against Blue Teams, which are tasked with defending a country’s information systems and critical infrastructure from large-scale attacks.  

SecurityWeek reports: "4 Countries Join NATO Cyber Defense Center"