Locked Shields: NATO Cyber Defense Exercise 2012. Exercise Report.

摘要

In March 2012, NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence organized its 2012 Cyber Defence Exercise (CDX12), Locked Shields, aimed at bringing different countries together to improve international cooperation in cyber defence. Computer specialists from various nations gathered to improve cyber defence capabilities; more than 200 participants, based in several European countries, participated in the training. The exercise involved Red Teams attacking Blue Teams, while Blue Teams endeavoured to defend their networks and to preserve services to customers; in parallel, White and Green Teams tried to maintain Situational Awareness, and provided technical support. The nerve centre of the exercise was at NATO's premises in Tallinn, Estonia. As a leading defence contractor, and pioneer in cyber defence technologies, RUAG participated in the exercise by leveraging its Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled tool, Tranalyzer; furthermore, it utilized a team of specially-trained, cutting-edge IT security and forensics specialists from its Cyber Defence Centre in Bern, Switzerland. Its goal was to verify and to enhance its cyber defence capabilities in a multilateral, real-world setting. Through this exercise, RUAG also attempted to corroborate and ascertain the key postulates that underlie its Cyber Defence strategy, innovation, and technological investments. Namely, that Situational Awareness, i.e. the capability to precisely understand and interpret the combat theatre with a high degree of granularity, is by far the greatest challenge and missing link in Cyber Defence nowadays.