ReversingLabs Expert Personnel Join Global Cyber Defense Teams at NATO’s CCDCOE Locked Shields

Participants Leverage ReversingLabs Spectra Platform in World’s Largest Cyber Defense Exercise

Cambridge, MA—April 22, 2026—ReversingLabs (RL), the trusted name in file and software security, today announced its participation in Locked Shields 2026, the world's largest and most complex cyber defense exercise organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). The ReversingLabs team will deploy the company's Spectra Core Powered Product Portfolio to support live-fire cyber defense operations during the exercise, which runs April 20–24, 2026.Locked Shields provides the most realistic and future-oriented training environment for NATO and its partners. This year’s Locked Shields exercise will bring together approximately 4,000 participants from 45 nations, organized into 16 multinational teams. Each participant is required to team up with at least one partner nation, competing and collaborating remotely from their respective countries.The exercise simulates a realistic, large-scale live-fire cyber conflict. It tests participants' technical, operational, and strategic capabilities alongside decision-making under pressure. It also incorporates legal and communication considerations, fostering a wartime mentality that compels teams to think quickly, adapt to unexpected threats, and collaborate effectively. All the systems involved in the Locked Shields exercise reflect authentic risks and real-life scenarios according to the NATO CCDCOE.