Overview

• NATO has approved $433,600 in funding for a $2.5 million project to protect internet infrastructure.
• The initiative involves researchers from the US, Iceland, Sweden, and Switzerland.
• The project will develop methods to reroute internet traffic from subsea cables to satellites during crises.
• Researchers will spend two years testing prototypes and navigating international regulations.
• The effort includes improving detection of threats to undersea cables, aiming to pinpoint disturbances to the nearest meter.