📋 Tender Overview
At the cyber defense and strategic decision-making exercise organized by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (NATO CCDCOE), a joint team of the Republic of Slovenia, the Italian Republic, and the Colorado National Guard from the United States achieved an excellent third place.The top three teams of this year's Locked Shields 2025 exercise: Team Germany and Singapore Team Poland and France Team Slovenia, Italy and the USA (Colorado National Guard). The exercise once again proved that unity and trust are the foundation of strong cyber defense. This year, more than 4,000 participants from 41 countries took part in the Locked Shields 2025 exercise. 17 blue teams were put to the test, tackling technical challenges, legal decisions, strategic communication, responding to disinformation and more than 9,000 attacks in real time. Team scoring serves as a benchmark for comparison and improvement, but the real value of the exercise lies in collaboration and shared learning. Locked Shields 2025 Cyber Defense and Strategic Decision-Making Exercise | Author: Bruno Toic
