NIS Participates in 'World's Largest' Cyber Defense Exercise for 3 Consecutive Years

Hosted by NATO Cyber Defence Centre... Asia's First Full Member
Korea-Turkiye Joint Team Formed... "Strengthening Cooperation Among Member States"

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) will participate in the world's largest cyber defense exercise for the third consecutive year.

On the 14th, the NIS announced that it will participate in 'Locked Shields 2023' for the third consecutive year. In this exercise hosted by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre, South Korea formed a joint team with T?rkiye. This follows the rule that countries participating as a single team one year must participate as a joint team the following year.

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According to the NIS, more than 60 personnel from 11 organizations, including the military, the Financial Security Institute, Korea Gas Corporation, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Power Exchange, KEPCO KDN, National Security Research Institute, KakaoBank, Viva Republica, and Sejong University, will participate in this exercise.

Locked Shields has been held annually since 2010 by 38 member countries of the NATO Cyber Defence Centre to strengthen cooperation in responding to cyber crises. This year, over 2,600 cyber experts formed 24 teams, and South Korea became a full member of the NATO Cyber Defence Centre in May last year.

Baek Jong-wook, the 3rd Deputy Director of the NIS, said, "Through this exercise, we will hone our cyber response and technical capabilities, and strengthen cooperative relations with member countries, including T?rkiye, with whom we formed a joint team, to protect the safety of the Republic of Korea."

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