A virtual media brief is to take place Wednesday to accompany this year s high-level cyber security Exercise Locked Shields, organizers, the Tallinn-based NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE), have announced.
Under a new format for 2021, this year s event will be the largest global live-fire cyber defense exercise worldwide, the CCDCOE says, and will aim to highlight the need for cyber defenders and strategic decision-makers to understand the numerous interdependencies between national IT systems of various countries.
The virtual briefing will take place Wednesday afternoon, while Exercise Locked Shields as a whole runs Tuesday to Friday.
The importance and relevance of Locked Shields can be gauged from the range of cyber threats which concern NATO allies and other states, while the exercise will test these countries abilities to protect vital services and critical infrastructure, the CCDCOE says.