Australia has joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) Australia will be sending one member of the Australian Defence Force for a three-month period each year. Australia is the second non-NATO country outside the EU to join the organisation. Australia will also observe this years annual cyber defence exercise, Locked Shields, which saw participants defend networks in the face of simulated cyber attacks on the electricity grid, drones, military systems and critical IT infrastructure.”]