Latest Guard-Led Cyber Shield Exercise Is Focused on Protecting the Power Sector, Including OT

Latest Guard-led Cyber Shield exercise is focused on protecting the power sector, including OT

The 2026 iteration of Cyber Shield, a massive annual National Guard-led exercise, is focused on honing participants’ skills in defending the power sector and associated operational technology from digital attacks, according to officials involved in the effort. More than 1,000 troops and civilian experts from 44 U.S. states and territories and 23 international partners are participating in this year’s event, which kicked off July 12 in Little Roc…

More Than 1,000 Personnel From 23 Nations Take Part in Cyber Shield 2026

The Department of War has begun the Cyber Shield 2026 cyber defense exercise in Arkansas This year’s event emphasizes the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program, which teams National Guard units with international attendees The exercise involves over 1,000 participants from the U.S. and 23 partner countries The U.S. Army announced Sunday that the Department […] The post More Than 1,000 Personnel From 23 Nations Take Part in Cyber Shie…

Cybersecurity Exercise Focuses on Operational Technology

JULY 22, 2026 – This year’s iteration of the War Department’s longest-running unclassified cyber defense exercise is largely focused on operational technology, military cyber professionals said today during a virtual media roundtable. Hosted by the National Guard Bureau, the roundtable was part of Cyber Shield 2026 — a training event that brings together more than 1,000 participants from 44 states and territories, as well as 23 countries, in Lit…

Cyber Shield 2026 Tackles OT Vulnerabilities in the Power Sector

Participants in this year's exercise are practicing proactive threat hunting.

Cyber Shield 2026: Developing the Unified Front

Little Rock, Ark.- One of the defining features of the Department of Defense’s Cyber Shield exercise is the partnership of servicemembers and civilians to collaborate in order to reach new heights in cyber security. From a strategic standpoint, national leaders highlight the importance of the connectedness between the uniformed service and the private sector.