The reason NATO’s recent cyber wargames were so unique
European and U.S. cyber warriors wargamed unique responses to nation-state attacks in a recent training exercise held by NATO, allowing operators inside simulated civilian networks that illustrate the tactical complexity and legal gray areas that dog cyberwarfare operations in real life. Dubbed Crossed Swords, the exercise was conducted on computer networks of civilian infrastructure providers like phone and power companies in order to simulate an attack hardened military systems. “What we wanted to do is match the real-world environment in which cyber operations take place and show the interdependencies between military and civilian networks,” said Aare Reintam, project manager of technical exercises at the center, “The legal issue were maybe two percent” of what went into the exercise. The exercise, staged by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia earlier this month, comes as European countries like Sweden and Italy gear up to combat possible Russian […]
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