NATO’s Crossed Swords Exercise Brings AI Agents Into Cyber Operations Training

Summary

The NATO CCDCOE began Crossed Swords 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia, with more than 250 participants from over 40 countries practicing how to time cyber operations with kinetic and special operations action. This year adds a dedicated track on AI agents, which runs on locally hosted AI and, for the first time, OpenAI's Daybreak cyber defense offering.

Topics

• AI agents

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