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Why Live Fire Exercises Matter

The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) annually hosts two major cybersecurity exercises, Locked Shields and Crossed Swords. These large-scale live fire exercises bring together expert teams from various NATO nations to defend simulated networks against complex cyber attacks. Live-fire exercises, like Locked Shields and Crossed Swords, provide a critical platform for cyber defense teams to:

  • Test and Refine Capabilities: By identifying strengths and weaknesses in a controlled environment, teams can refine their strategies and tactics to stay ahead of evolving threats.
  • Sharpen Skills for Rapid Response: These exercises hone the critical skills needed for real-world incident response, ensuring teams can react swiftly and effectively to cyberattacks using quick thinking, effective communication, and decisive action under pressure.
  • Foster International Collaboration: Locked Shields and Crossed Swords bring together cyber defense experts from NATO member states and beyond. This collaboration fosters information sharing, strengthens international partnerships, and allows teams to learn from each other's experiences and best practices.

By participating in live-fire exercises, Stamus Networks remains at the forefront of cyber defense, continuously testing the Stamus Security Platform's threat hunting and detection capabilities improving our ability to protect your organization from ever-evolving cyber threats.

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Stamus Networks at the Forefront

Since 2016, Stamus has partnered with the CCDCOE at Crossed Swords and Locked Shields, providing training and expertise while deploying the Stamus Security Platform (SSP) to support the exercises. Stamus Networks has been heavily involved in both events, participating as members of the yellow, blue, and white teams while also providing training to NATO member states on threat hunting and network forensics. These NATO CCDCOE exercises have proved to be a valuable proving ground to refine and validate the latest Stamus Security Platform features for threat hunting and detecting in a high-pressure environment. 

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Our Press Releases: Highlighting Stamus Networks' Role

Read about Stamus Networks' involvement in NATO Live Fire events

PRESS RELEASE: Stamus Networks Participates in NATO CCDCOE Locked Shields Exercise

TALLINN, ESTONIA, April 24, 2024 – Stamus Networks, a global provider of high-performance network-based threat detection and response (NDR) systems, today announced its participation in Exercise Locked Shields, the largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defense exercise in the world. The annual event, which takes place this week, is organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) and aims to provide a multinational platform for enhancing partners’ cyber resilience and cooperation capabilities in a high-paced, crisis-like environment.

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PRESS RELEASE: Stamus Networks Supports NATO Red Teaming Cyber Exercise for the Fifth Consecutive Year

TALLINN, ESTONIA – December 12, 2023 – Stamus Networks, a global provider of high-performance network-based threat detection and response systems, today announced it is once again participating in Crossed Swords, organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia. The exercise runs from December 12-14.

Since it was first developed in 2014, Crossed Swords focuses on full-spectrum offensive cyber operations, exploring every possible attack vector and technique potentially used by adversaries. The event, which is designed to help make NATO members build a more resilient defense against cyber adversaries, brings together hundreds of participants from around the world.

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PRESS RELEASE: Stamus Networks Supports NATO Cyber Defense Exercises

INDIANAPOLIS, IN and PARIS, FRANCE, April 20, 2022 – Stamus Networks, a global provider of high-performance network-based threat detection and response systems, today announced it is once again participating in Exercise Locked Shields (LS22), organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia.

Exercise Locked Shields is the largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defense exercise in the world. An annual event, Exercise Locked Shields has been organized by the CCDCOE since 2010 and is a red team (attackers) vs. blue team (defenders) exercise with teams formed by member nations and partners of CCDCOE.

This year there are 24 blue teams participating with an average of 50 experts in each team. The blue teams take on the role of national cyber rapid reaction teams that are deployed to assist a fictional country in handling a large-scale cyber incident.

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PRESS RELEASE: Stamus Networks Partners with NATO for Locked Shields Exercise

TALLINN, ESTONIA, April 14, 2021 – Stamus Networks, a global provider of high-performance network-based threat detection and hunting systems, today announced its successful participation in Exercise Locked Shields, organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia.

Exercise Locked Shields is the largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world. An annual event, it has been organized by the CCDCOE since 2010 and is a Red team (attackers) vs. Blue Team (defenders) exercise with teams formed by member nations and partners of CCDCOE. In 2021 there are 22 BTs participating with an average 40 experts in each team. The Teams take on the role of national cyber rapid reaction teams that are deployed to assist a fictional country in handling a large-scale cyber incident with all its implications.

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