NATO Cyber Defenders Participate in Locked Shields Cyber Drill

NATO cyber experts are testing and training their ability to defend against cyber attacks in one of the largest international live-fire cyber defence exercises, Locked Shields (23 April – 27 April).

A team of 30 from the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) are taking part in the week-long event, alongside 1000 national experts from around 30 nations.

The competition has been organized annually by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) based in Tallinn, Estonia, since 2010.

Locked Shields is an opportunity for cyber defenders to test the protection of their IT systems and critical infrastructure in a safe environment, under realistic challenges by world-class opponents.

Courtesy: NATO

Rakesh Raman is a national award-winning journalist and founder of the humanitarian organization RMN Foundation. With over 30 years of experience in technology management and editorial research, he serves as a Country Expert for India with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project (University of Gothenburg). Formerly an edit-page tech columnist for The Financial Express and a digital media expert for the United Nations (UNIDO), Rakesh specializes in the intersection of AI, governance, and human rights. For the past 15 years, he has managed the Raman Media Network (RMN), a global news service including rmndigital.com and rmnnews.com. His investigative work includes forensic research reports on election integrity and corruption, archived as open-access publications on Zenodo. As an AI and transformative technology expert, he develops frameworks for Agentic AI in e-governance and authored the AI for Kids Picture Book. His work is recognized by international bodies like Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for its focus on transparency and democratic accountability.

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