Cyber defence exercises called Locked Shields were conducted by NATO in Estonia

Sakshi Education

A cyber organisation recognised by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation will undertake the world’s largest and most complicated “live-fire” cyber defence drills. The biennial Locked Shields event, according to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia, is designed to improve the skills of cyber security experts protecting national IT systems and vital infrastructure against real-time attacks.
The participants are sent to help a fake country deal with a massive cyber attack.
Over 2,000 people from 32 countries, including Ukraine, are expected to take part in the event.
The Locked Shields event this year takes place in the midst of the ongoing war in Ukraine, in which hacking has played a steady, albeit minor, role in Russia’s invasion. Hackers linked to the Russian government have been accused of assaulting Ukrainian government offices and attempting to break into the power infrastructure.
According to government officials, Ukrainian enterprises have also been subjected to regular cyber attacks.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has aided in the organisation of a group of hacktivists who have carried out cyber attacks in Russia.
Concerns about cyber attacks, though, have expanded well beyond the battlefield. Finland reported a cyber-attack on government websites earlier this month, just as rumours grew that the Nordic country may apply to join NATO. As a result, US President Joe Biden has advised American firms to brace for retaliatory cyber attacks.