Locked Shields is an annual
cyber defence
Proactive cyber defence means acting in anticipation to oppose an attack through cyber and cognitive domains. Proactive cyber defence can be understood as options between offensive and defensive measures. It includes interdicting, disrupting or d ...
exercise organised by
NATO's
Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in
Tallinn since 2010. The format is usually that a
red team simulates a hostile
attack
Attack may refer to:
Warfare and combat
* Offensive (military)
* Charge (warfare)
* Attack (fencing)
* Strike (attack)
* Attack (computing)
* Attack aircraft
Books and publishing
* ''The Attack'' (novel), a book
* '' Attack No. 1'', comic an ...
while
blue teams from the participating nations simulate their coordination and defence against this.
The performance of teams is assessed using a mix of automated and manual scoring. In 2022, there were 24 teams with an average of 50 experts in each team. The team from
Finland was declared as the 2022 winner for the excellence of their situation reporting and solid defence.
References
Security engineering
Cyberwarfare
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