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NATO Completes World’s Largest Cyber Exercise Testing Critical Infrastructure

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, April 27th, 2018

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NATO Completes World’s Largest Cyber Exercise Testing Critical Infrastructure

NATO completed the world’s largest cyber exercise Friday, with officials building in more complex tests to assess member nations’ ability to defend and share information on threats directed at critical infrastructure.The Locked Shield exercise in Estonia, organized by NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE), featured 22 member nation teams and industry partners working to defend against simulated cyber attacks on power grids and military installations.“We really emphasized the importance of protecting critical infrastructure. Over the past three…

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