NATO strengthens cooperation with industry to protect critical undersea infrastructure
- English
- French
NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure Network met in Karlskrona, Sweden, on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 May 2025), bringing together civilian and military authorities, industry partners, and experts from across the Alliance to deepen cooperation in protecting cables and pipelines that underpin global connectivity and energy security.
The meeting focused on enhancing situational awareness, strengthening preparedness, and reinforcing collective responses through improved information sharing and coordination. Participants discussed innovative approaches to detecting suspicious activities and securing vital undersea assets, including through new sensing and monitoring technologies.
“Sharing information across public-private and civilian-military sectors is not just beneficial, it’s essential,” said Ambassador Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber. “Enhancing our ability to deter, detect and respond to threats requires a collective effort. We’ll continue our work together to do just that.”
Following disruptions to undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea in December 2024, NATO launched Baltic Sentry – a multi-domain activity to strengthen the Alliance’s military presence in the region and improve its ability to detect and respond to potential threats.