NATO’s Crossed Swords Exercise Brings AI Agents Into Cyber Operations Training
The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) kicked off Crossed Swords 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia, on Monday, with the exercise’s execution phase set to run through Friday.
More than 250 people from over 40 countries, both NATO members and non-members, are practicing how to plan cyber operations and time them with kinetic military action.
Participants come from national cyber forces and the units supporting them, including military cyber operators, threat hunters, and digital forensics experts. At the command level, the drill sharpens how staff direct both offensive and defensive cyber assets, while hands-on specialists hone their tactical skills. The cyber exercise is also tied into a training event for special operations forces.
“The core operational challenge we are testing is synchronisation. Cyber effects must hit at the right moment to support a kinetic or special operations action – not in parallel, but in sequence, with timing measured in...
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