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CyberXCenter CEO Participated in Locked Shield 2026 -SG-Latvia Team
- Apr 30
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The Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) participated in Exercise Locked Shields (XLS) 2026, an annual multinational live-fire cyber defence exercise conducted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).
The DIS’s Defence Cyber Command co-led a combined cyber defence team alongside its Latvian National Guard Cyber Defence Unit (NGCDU) counterparts. DIS and MINDEF participants included Operationally Ready National Servicemen (NSmen), and were joined by personnel from the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and DSO Laboratories.
CyberXCenter CEO participated as one of the three zone leads, responsible for securing our respective zones, the focus was on defending OT systems to ensure that critical services for civilians remained operational and resilient. It was such an enriching experience.
For the first time, the team also included Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) agency partners from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). XLS 2026 provided participants with realistic scenarios to practise the protection of national IT/OT systems and critical infrastructure under a severe cyberattack, and crisis management responses following such an attack.
The participating nations formed 16 multinational teams. The three highest-scoring joint teams of Locked Shields 2026 are:
Latvia, Singapore
Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland
France, Sweden
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