The mission of NATO CCDCOE is to enhance the capability, cooperation & information sharing among NATO, NATO nations & partners in cyber defence.
#CyCon2023
Proud to announce the overall winners of
#LockedShields2022
:
1st: 🇫🇮 Finland, congratulations!
2nd: 🇱🇹-🇵🇱 joint team Lithuania-Poland, good job!
3rd: 🇪🇪Estonia, well done!
Congratulations to all the 24 BLUE TEAMS participating, solid effort everybody! 👏See you all next year!💪
The flag of
#Ukraine
was raised today next to those
@NATO
member states at
@ccdcoe
to welcome 🇺🇦 on the road to membership. 🇺🇦 will be a valuable contributor when it wins the war and starts to rebuild. For that we support and
#StandWithUkraine
️ in every possible way.
#Ukraine
to be accepted as a Contributing Participant to
#NATO
CCDCOE. “Ukraine's presence in the Centre will enhance the exchange of cyber expertise, between Ukraine and
@ccdcoe
Member Nations, says Col Jaak Tarien, Director of the Center. Read more:
WINNER of
#LockedShields
2019 is Team France! Second place goes to Czech and third to Sweden! Congratulations to winners and respect to all participants - this was the most challenging live-fire
#cyberdefence
exercise to date. Everyone involved deserves credit!
#WeAreNATO
Proud to announce
#LockedShields2021
results: CONGRATS
#BlueTeam
Sweden 🇸🇪 for ranking no1 & Finland 🇫🇮 Czech 🇨🇿 2nd & 3rd, yet we
@ccdcoe
firmly believe that all the teams & everyone taking part in this unique challenge is a WINNER! Thank you and until next year!
#LockedShields2023
has concluded! This year was even more competitive than previous years. As organisers, we saw a big jump in quality within the Blue Teams.
The most effective participants were the 🇸🇪-🇮🇸 joint team, followed by the 🇪🇪-🇺🇸 joint team and the 🇵🇱 team. Good job!
#LockedShields2022
week is here! Final preparations for the annual largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world, preceded by 6 months of planning between
#CCDCOE
, our industry partners and participating nations👇
Privileged to welcome Minister of Defence Mr Itsunori Onodera & other distinguished guests from Japan 🇯🇵 on a sunny Sunday morning
@ccdcoe
We are honored to welcome Japan joining the Centre - together we are all stronger in protecting our values & lifestyle in
#cyber
domain
THIS is what happens when electric power grid systems are under intense series of sophisticated cyberattacks from the RED TEAMS.⚡️But we have reached the end of
#LockedShields2022
! Good job everybody!👏
🎥Must Post.
We welcome the decision of Japan to join
@ccdcoe
, announced at the visit of Prime Minister of Japan
@AbeShinzo
in Tallinn
@ratasjuri
@EstonianGovt
This will further strengthen the knowledge base and reach of the currently 20-nation-strong Centre. Photo credits to
@postimees
WINNER of
#LockedShields2018
is
@NATO
team! Second place goes to France and third to Czech! Congratulations to winners and respect to all participants - this was the most challenging live-fire
#cyberdefence
exercise to date. Everyone involved deserves credit!
#WeAreNATO
DAY1 of
#LockedShields2022
is DONE! Everything going as planned, systems are holding up and training audience is heavily engaged in all defense aspects. DAY2 brings more action as Strategic Decision-Making track comes along. DAY1 in📸👇
Honoured to welcome 🇪🇪 Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Minister of Defence Kalle Laanet who both visited
#LockedShields
today. Our team introduced the exercise site in Tallinn, the participating teams and the cutting-edge technology used at
#LockedShields
.
📸Ardi Hallismaa
#LockedShields
is the world’s largest live-fire cyber defense exercise. Next week over 2600 participants from 38 nations are protecting real computer systems from live attacks and simulating tactical and strategic decisions in critical situations.
🔎
#nato
The ultimate challenge many cyber defenders across the globe have been waiting for will be launched again NEXT WEEK! Stay tuned for
#ccdcoe
#LockedShields
2021
Welcome Bulgaria, Denmark, Norway and Romania to the NATO CCDCOE, the international interdisciplinary cyber defence hub in Tallinn. Since 2008
@ccdcoe
has grown into a strong team of 25 nations, providing leadership in
#cyberdefence
research and training. 🇧🇬🇩🇰🇳🇴🇷🇴
#LockedShields
is a unique collaborative effort. Thank you to all our partners - you help us make the Exercise the unrivaled learning experience that it is!
🇮🇪Ireland🇮🇪just submitted the Letter of Intent to become a Contributing Participant
@ccdcoe
What better way to celebrate
@CyberSecMonth
than to welcome another cyber-savvy nation to join our team of 25 nations! Thanks
@IrishEmbTallinn
and Ambassador Frances Kiernan
STARTEX!
#LockedShields2024
has kicked off! Teams from 40+ nations dive into the world’s largest live-fire cyber defense drill. Best of luck to all as you face complex cyber challenges engineered by the Red Team! 🌍💪
#LockedShields
2020 was supposed to start today. Even though the cancellation was disappointing and circumstances at this time are difficult for everyone, we just wanted to let you know that work on LS 2021 is already ongoing!
#LockedShields2022
is a massive collaborative effort. Thank you to all our partners - you help us make
#LockedShields
the biggest and most complex international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world!💪
CyCon 2022 has ended! CCDCOE Director Col Jaak Tarien announced next year's theme which is: Meeting Reality! Thank you all for participating and contributing. See you at CyCon 2023!🎉
#CyCon
#CyCon2022
#CCDCOE
Legal & policy advisors, we would like to tap into your insight and make sure that
#TallinnManual
3.0 is relevant & reflecting different views:
CONTRIBUTE here
The active phase of the largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defence exercise
#LockedShields2021
came to end today. For the 1st time the Exercise featured a connection between cyber & information operations
Missing Tallinn and
#CyCon2020
? We miss you too, but this year it´s just different: the proceedings of ‘20/20 Vision: The Next Decade’ are up NOW! Stay tuned for details on the virtual book launch already next week.. 📚
#LockedShields2018
is ON: Blue Teams must keep up complex IT systems while reporting incidents, making strategic decisions, solving forensic, legal & media challenges. Focus on protecting power grids & water purification, emergency comms, military drones of a fictional nation
STARTEX!
#LockedShields
2021 is on! In his opening address our DIR
@JTarien
stressed that LS is a unique collaboration, more needed than ever: during the pandemic we see growing trend of remote working & dependence on virtual systems. GOOD LUCK 22 Blue Teams around the world🌏🌍
Proud that Ireland is becoming a member of our team & contributing to all our collaborative efforts to make
#cyberspace
safer, further insights by our Head of Strategy Branch
@mrwsdt
via
@IrishTimes
Welcome
#Switzerland
to join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
@ccdcoe
following 22 May Federal Council decision. As an active contributor to
#cybersecurity
🇨🇭SUI will be a highly valued addition to the
@ccdcoe
team of 21 nations.
Die Schweiz will die internationale Zusammenarbeit zur Bekämpfung von Cyberrisiken stärken. Aus diesem Grund hat der Bundesrat die Teilnahme der Schweiz zum «Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence» in Tallinn beschlossen.
#cybersecurity
@ccdcoe
#LockedShields
2021: "For the first time, we've got added realism, a more complicated scenario, bringing with it some of the information warfare aspects, which
#NATO
's adversaries are extremely proficient at" says Dr. Venables
@SkyNews
@AlexMartin
ENDEX
#LockedShields
2019
It's been a terrific two days full of team spirit - thank you all! Protecting networks in a highly complex environment while tackling series of cyber attacks, all teams deserve a big round of applause. WINNER will be announced tomorrow!
Honoured to greet 🇪🇪President
@AlarKaris
at
#LockedShields2022
. Gave him a tour on the site, introduced the scenario and the technical and strategic aspects of the Exercise. Mr. President stressed that deterrence in cyberspace must be as convincing as on land, air or waters.
Would you look at that! The world's largest live-fire cyber defence exercise is heading straight this way!
#LockedShields2023
will take place from 18 to 21 April in Tallinn. Hopefully the Blue Teams participating all over the globe are ready to flex their skills!
#nato
#ccdcoe
The day has finally arrived ➡️
#CyCon2019
on
#cybersecurity
around the theme of
#SilentBattle
starts today in Tallinn, Estonia. Full 4 days of thought provoking discussions on cyber. Find out more
STARTEX
#LockedShields
2019: Providing the best and most complex training experience
@ccdcoe
@JTarien
: best of luck to all the Blue Teams in keeping up complex IT systems while reporting incidents, making strategic decisions and solving forensic, legal & media challenges. Go!
On 14.05.2008
@ccdcoe
was established by 🇪🇪 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇸🇰 & 🇪🇸, now grown to 25 members. Even though we can’t gather to celebrate, we will reminisce on our achievements, collaborations and wonderful memories of the past dozen years. Feel free to share yours in the comments!
The
#TallinnManual
author
@Schmitt_ILaw
to
#Lawfire
: the objective of Tallinn Manual 3.0 is to offer legal advisors all reasonable views so they can make informed decisions for their nation and offer them a foundation for discussions with other states.
One-of-a-kind international live-fire
#cyberdefence
exercise in the world
#LockedShields2018
is launched NEXT WEEK - new challenges, technologies and specialised systems involved. Stay tuned for more:
#CyCon
2022 call for papers 📝 is now open! We are interested in
#cybersecurity
of transportation and supply chain, military mobility or autonomous technologies and automation.
More details:
EX
#LockedShields
2020, conference
#CyCon
and upcoming courses for 1st half of 2020 are cancelled. Safety of our community and contributors is priority
#COVID19
You know that irresistible new book smell? '20/20 Vision: The Next Decade' is hot off the press and has arrived to the Centre! Get in touch with us to have one of your own or find the proceedings online here:
This sunny Friday
@ccdcoe
will be remembered for the arrival of the letter of intent from Denmark 🇩🇰! Thank you
@Forsvarsmin
for recognising that resilience and strength in
#cyberdefence
is achieved through cooperation,
@MerleMaigre
#CyCon2021
Proceedings now Online 20 new academic studies from law, technology and strategy domains JOIN the discussions on these topics
@https
://cycon2021.org/
Thank you
@MerleMaigre
for your outstanding performance as our Director! Warm welcome to Colonel Jaak Tarien as our new Director! More photos of the change of command ceremony
@ccdcoe
Counting down the hours to the STARTEX
#LockedShields
2019. During the
#LS19
cyber defenders from more than 25 countries will be exposed to the same conditions they would face in real cyber attack in marathon mode. So, more power to you, Blue Teams!
@ccdcoe
#cyberdefence
On your marks! The 15th annual International Conference on Cyber Conflicts, also known as
#CyCon
, will begin tomorrow!
We are excited and delighted to meet up with the participants in Tallinn to talk about cyber!
Workshop day will kick off
#CyCon2023
NEW “Cyberspace Strategic Outlook 2030: Horizon Scanning and Analysis” is out! 📚
Foreword by
@davidvanweel
& six chpt.that help inform policy/decision-makers on cyber threats, and possible cyberspace game-changers:
#NATO
#CyberSecurity
@NATO_ACT
#research
And that’s a wrap
#CyCon2020
! Three days of great panels and intense discussions on the most topical
#research
available. Our sincerest appreciation to all moderators, presenters and of course the audience all over the world 🌎 All videos will be available at our YouTube channel
The Director of the
#CCDCOE
Col
@JTarien
to
@KyivIndependent
🇺🇦 : Russia practices cyberweapons in order to eventually see Ukraine’s democratic regime collapse. „NATO will continue to help strengthen Ukraine’s defense capability,“ said Tarien.
🔵🟡 🟡🔵
Extremely proud to witness today our Senior Fellow, Director of
#TallinnManual
2.0 Prof Schmitt
@Schmitt_ILaw
@CyberLawInt
receive the decoration Cross of Terra Mariana, IV class, from President of Estonia 🇪🇪
@KerstiKaljulaid
Honored to have such friends! Congrats once more!
Opportunity to contribute to the Cyber Law Toolkit, the leading web-based resource for practitioners and scholars! Call for submissions is open until 1 Nov, successful authors get an honorarium. More info:
Today, our Director Col Jaak Tarien hosted H.E. Mr Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia in
#CCDCOE
, to give an overview of the Centre’s latest achievements and work in general.
#cybersecurity
#cyber
#NATO
#LockedShields
2021 DAY 2 of action is on: challenges are getting tougher, resilience of Blue Teams is tested in the most intense situation possible. Enjoy the world's largest cyber defence exercise from the comfort of your homes and offices:
CALL FOR PAPERS: chance for internationally renowned scholars, experienced practitioners & emerging talents to contribute to a pioneering study on
#digitalrights
in armed conflicts! Valuable initiative in coop of
@ccdcoe
&
@Ostrom_Workshop
👉
Gen. Tod D. Wolters from
@SHAPE_NATO
visited
#CrossedSwords21
⚔️ and said that due to cyber threats becoming more complex and destructive, we must enhance global cyber defenses and improve interoperability.
🧐
This is what
@ccdcoe
behind the scenes looks like when you have a 22 country / 70 participant online conference to bring to life w
#rgbbaltic
. Annual Discipline Conference just about to begin
#cantwait
#wired
DAY2 of
#LockedShields2022
: cyber attacks on a fictional island country Berylia are getting more and more intense – a bank, water purification plant, 5G mobile network and many more critical infrastructures under heavy pressure.
Cyber operations have become an integral part of any military mission. Diverse technical, legal and policy aspects of
#cyber
capabilities require research and coordination. This is our mission
@ccdcoe
, says CoS LTC Lantenhammer
@fl_cyber
at YRO Workshop in Tallinn
#reserveofficer
Extremely glad 2 welcome EST President
@KerstiKaljulaid
@
#LockedShields
already 4th time. Pres Kaljulaid was especially pleased to see int law aspects relating to
#cyberspace
operations included. She met with experts from our Law Branch leading legal challenges & inspired us all