Command Large-Scale
Cyber Defence Exercises
HexShield is the unified command center for international cyber defence exercises. End the chaos of scattered communications across WhatsApp, Teams, and email — manage hundreds of participants from a single platform. Coordinate teams, track tasks in real time, run diverse training scenarios, and prepare your defenders for real-world threats. From NATO-scale exercises to focused team drills, everything runs in one isolated, self-hosted environment with integrated local LLM support.
Everything Your Team Needs — From Preparation to After-Action
Secure Email
Internal threaded email with file attachments, group distribution lists, and real-time delivery notifications. No external servers, no data leaks.
Live Chat
Direct and group messaging with instant delivery. Share files, coordinate in real time, and keep all communications within the exercise boundary.
Task Management
Hierarchical checklists assigned by phase, team, system, and DMZ zone. Track completion with live progress bars and comprehensive reports.
Threat Intelligence
MISP-style event logging with structured fields for IPs, attack patterns, actions taken, indicators, and file evidence. Document every incident as it happens.
Reports & Analytics
Tabular and graphical dashboards showing team performance, task completion by phase/system/DMZ, user activity, and checklist breakdowns.
AI Workflows
Integrated LangFlow with local LLM support (Ollama). Build visual AI pipelines, ingest documents via RAG, and run automated analysis — entirely on-premises with no external API calls.
Operational Challenges in Large-Scale Cyber Exercises
When hundreds of participants work simultaneously across different physical locations, critical operational and management problems emerge. HexShield was built to solve each one.
Lack of Traceability
Task completion by personnel cannot be monitored in real time during exercises, undermining strategic decisions and operational guidance throughout the exercise lifecycle.
Insufficient Situational Awareness
With large participant counts and limited exercise timeframes, it becomes impossible to identify which units or functional areas are experiencing problems in real time.
International Coordination Gaps
Effective real-time coordination with partner nations is not achieved. Decisions about intervening in errors or deficiencies are often delayed until after the exercise ends.
Personnel Continuity Issues
Tasks of absent, late, or missing personnel cannot be tracked effectively. Support for affected team members is delayed, creating gaps in the exercise timeline.
Scattered Documents & Knowledge Loss
Exercise documents, reports, and correspondence are not centralised. Preparations stored on personal computers are lost when personnel are unavailable on exercise day — causing time and score losses.
Communication Fragmentation
Teams using different applications (GitHub, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams) create coordination problems and missed messages. No single platform means no single source of truth.
Built for International Cyber Exercises
HexShield was designed for the most demanding cyber defence exercises — from NATO-affiliated multinational operations to national-level training programs. It eliminates the operational problems that plague large-scale exercises: lack of real-time traceability, communication fragmentation across dozens of apps, scattered documents on personal laptops, and insufficient situational awareness. One platform, one login, one source of truth — with dedicated tools for pre-exercise preparation, real-time coordination, and post-exercise analysis. Every service runs in an isolated network with zero external dependencies.
Ready to Command Your Next Exercise?
Deploy HexShield in minutes and manage your entire exercise team from a single platform. No cloud subscriptions, no vendor lock-in, no data leaving your network.
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