The National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity, with the support of JICA, conducted a three-day integrated cyber training, Hackwave Reloaded 2025

The National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), conducted the integrated cyber exercise Hackwave Reloaded 2025 for representatives of critical infrastructure, energy, and telecommunications sectors.

During the training, which took place from February 24 to 26, participants had the opportunity to enhance their practical skills in several areas, including incident response at both technical and organizational levels, crisis communication, and the development of a comprehensive strategy to counter complex cyber, informational, and hybrid attacks within an organization. All training components were integrated into a single scenario, developed based on Ukraine's experience in cyber warfare.

“These exercises aim to improve joint response mechanisms to threats in the critical sectors of energy and telecommunications, which are constantly under attack from russia. This is the second such event held within the framework of Ukraine-Japan cooperation. I would like to thank our Japanese partners for their support of Ukraine during this challenging time and for their assistance in defending our country from both kinetic and cyberattacks,” said Serhiі Demediuk, Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, at the opening of Hackwave Reloaded 2025.

In Hackwave Reloaded 2025, executives, technical specialists, communications experts, and threat analysts participated, forming groups and teams based on the tasks outlined in the scenario. Participants had the opportunity to enhance their skills through practical training in incident response, crisis communications, and countering disinformation during hybrid attacks. They also competed with colleagues in Capture the Flag challenges, identified potential weaknesses in coordination, and worked on improving response plans during command-post exercises.

In total, more than 80 representatives from organizations in the energy and telecommunications sectors took part in the event.