US military cyber experts have been putting their skills to the test defending Estonia’s critical infrastructure as part of an exercise in Tallinn.
The exercise prepares NATO forces for real-world threats, pushing cyber units through live-system hunting and detection operations, while strengthening coordination between Allied military and civilian infrastructure operators.
Set in a secure, highly realistic training environment, the exercise replicated complex infrastructure networks, allowing US and other Allied operators to conduct force-on-force defensive training against advanced systems, without risking real-world threats.
Exercise Immediate Response is part of Sword 26, a series of US-led multinational exercises focusing on...