Cyber Operations Command Achieves Victory in International Cyber Training Competition

Winning Two Consecutive Years Following Last Year

The Cyber Operations Command announced on the 19th that it won first place for the second consecutive year at the international cyber exercise "CyberNet 2023," held from the 15th to the 17th in The Hague, Netherlands.

'CyberNet' is an international cyber exercise hosted by the Netherlands Cyber Command. Since its inception in 2018, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member countries and partner nations have participated. This year’s 5th edition featured a total of 10 teams, including South Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the European Union (EU), conducting real-time cyber attack and defense operations. Norway took second place, and the Japanese team came in third.

The participating teams reviewed their own strategies and tactics while simultaneously engaging in high-level cyber attack and defense training against each other. The exercise was conducted using a Computer Assisted Exercise (CAX) method.

To participate in this exercise, the military selected outstanding cyber personnel from each branch and devoted themselves to preparation across various fields such as cyber attack and defense, programming, and organizational skills.

Team leader Jeong Jin-ho, who led the Korean team composed of 10 soldiers, said, "I feel proud to have internationally demonstrated our military’s excellent cyber operational capabilities," adding, "Based on this experience, we will always accomplish assigned missions with victory."

Meanwhile, the Cyber Command has been expanding international cooperation, including participating as part of the Korean representative team in NATO’s largest cyber exercise, "Locked Shields 2022," held in April last year.

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