Cyber Defence Exercise (CDX) is a tool for raising cyber security awarenessand train people to handle different situations in a controlled cyberenvironment. To exercise is a way of enhancing Tools, Techniques andProcedures, TTP. It’s also a way of building trust between the participants,as cooperation is needed to solve problems under stress. Failuresgive lessons learned and not any drastic consequences.
In this handbook by the Swedish National Defence College’s Centerfor Asymmetric Threat Studies (CATS), Nina Wilhelmson and ThomasSvensson describes different types of exercises and in particular Red versusBlue Team Exercise. It covers the process from the first idea to theafter action analysis. Thomas Svensson has been represented CATS inBaltic Cyber Shield 2010 and Locked Shields 2012 – 2014 as a memberof the exercise control team (White Team). The base for the handbookhas been Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) ExerciseHandbook with additions and lessons learned from Cyber DefenceExercises held in cooperation between Sweden and Estonia.