{"id":207202,"date":"2026-04-29T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/fs-cybersecurity-experts-gather-for-industry-first-training-exercise\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:00:25","slug":"fs-cybersecurity-experts-gather-for-industry-first-training-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/fs-cybersecurity-experts-gather-for-industry-first-training-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"FS cybersecurity experts gather for \u201cindustry first\u201d training exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

FS cybersecurity experts gather for \u201cindustry first\u201d training exercise<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-04-29 12:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.fstech.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t Cybersecurity experts from a variety of financial institutions including Lloyds, HSBC, and JPMorgan have taken part in a training exercise which the organisers have called an industry first.Hosted by Lloyds Banking Group and cybersecurity training provider Hack the Box, the event pitted 33 teams of two against one another in a series of hacking challenges known as \u201ccapture the flags\u201d. The harder the challenge, the more points it was worth, with the total for a challenge decreasing as more teams solved it.Taking place at Google\u2019s headquarters in London, the competition aimed to test the skills of the experts in a friendly competition.The organisers said it was the first event of its kind to bring professionals from across the industry together in person.Speaking to FStech, one organiser likened the event to sports practice. \u201cYou just don’t show up on game day without showing up for practice three or four times a week,\u201d she said. \u201cThe same goes here.\u201d Her colleague suggested it was closer to a military training exercise.This particular set of tasks were offensive, meaning the competitors were all trying to break systems rather than keep them safe. The organisers told FStech that they believed this was a vital skillset for both \u201cred teams\u201d, cyber professionals employed to hack into their own systems as stress tests, and \u201cblue teams\u201d, those tasked with building defences.Matt Rowe, chief security officer at Lloyds, agreed, telling FStech in an interview that learning to \u201cattack in order to defend\u201d was a key skill not only for white-hat hackers, but also for those building cybersecurity defences at financial institutions.\u201cGetting in depth with the different opportunities and attack paths an attacker might have gives the defender a really great opportunity to think about different defensive strategies they can use to interdict them,\u201d he added.
\nAt the end of the two days, a team from Lloyds comprised of a senior penetration tester and a machine learning engineer took the top spot. Speaking to FStech after their victory, they said the biggest takeaway was the increasing power of AI in cybersecurity. \u201cAt times, [the event] felt like an AI race instead of a hack,\u201d one said.One such AI, Claude\u2019s Mythos Preview, has sent shockwaves through the financial services industry in recent weeks, with governments across Europe and North America meeting with the heads of large banks to assess the impact it might have on the security of the sector.<\/p>\n

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