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Estonia to host cyber defence exercise Locked Shields
Organised by NATO CCD COE from April 24-28
21 April, 14:57
(ANSA) - ROME - Locked Shields 2017, the largest and most
advanced international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the
world, will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, on April 24-28.
This year the size and scope of technologies, networks and
devices used in the exercise have increased considerably.
Reflecting on the current key trends in cyber security significant focus will be placed on specialised systems. The annual scenario-based real-time network defence exercise focuses on training the security experts who protect national IT systems on a daily basis.
In 2017 the Blue Teams will be tasked to maintain the services and networks of a military air base of the fictional country, which, according to the exercise scenario, will experience severe attacks on its electric power grid system, drones, military command and control systems and other operational infrastructure. More than 2500 possible attacks can be carried out against Blue Teams and more than 3000 virtualised systems will be deployed during the exercise in 2017. Around 800 participants from 25 nations will be involved in Locked Shields 2017.
Locked Shields exercise has been organised by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence since 2010. Every year, teams are put under intense pressure to maintain the networks and services of a fictional country. Locked Shields 2017 is organised in cooperation with the Estonian Defence Forces, the Finnish Defence Forces, the Swedish Defence University, the British Joint Army, the United States European Command, Air Operations COE and Tallinn University of Technology. Industry partners in the exercise include Siemens AG, Threod Systems, Cyber Test Systems, Clarified Security, Iptron, Bytelife, BHC Laboratory, openvpn.net, GuardTime and numerous others.
The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD COE) is staffed and financed by its sponsoring nations and contributing participants. As of October 2016, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States are signed on as Sponsoring Nations of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. Austria and Finland have become Contributing Participants, Sweden has applied for membership in the same format, a status eligible for non-NATO countries.
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Reflecting on the current key trends in cyber security significant focus will be placed on specialised systems. The annual scenario-based real-time network defence exercise focuses on training the security experts who protect national IT systems on a daily basis.
In 2017 the Blue Teams will be tasked to maintain the services and networks of a military air base of the fictional country, which, according to the exercise scenario, will experience severe attacks on its electric power grid system, drones, military command and control systems and other operational infrastructure. More than 2500 possible attacks can be carried out against Blue Teams and more than 3000 virtualised systems will be deployed during the exercise in 2017. Around 800 participants from 25 nations will be involved in Locked Shields 2017.
Locked Shields exercise has been organised by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence since 2010. Every year, teams are put under intense pressure to maintain the networks and services of a fictional country. Locked Shields 2017 is organised in cooperation with the Estonian Defence Forces, the Finnish Defence Forces, the Swedish Defence University, the British Joint Army, the United States European Command, Air Operations COE and Tallinn University of Technology. Industry partners in the exercise include Siemens AG, Threod Systems, Cyber Test Systems, Clarified Security, Iptron, Bytelife, BHC Laboratory, openvpn.net, GuardTime and numerous others.
The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD COE) is staffed and financed by its sponsoring nations and contributing participants. As of October 2016, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States are signed on as Sponsoring Nations of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. Austria and Finland have become Contributing Participants, Sweden has applied for membership in the same format, a status eligible for non-NATO countries.
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