ExtraHop NDR's Role in NATO Locked Shields 2026 Cyber Defense

Siloed cybersecurity tools are no match for sophisticated adversaries. In a complex attack landscape, real success requires an interconnected ecosystem.

This reality was put to the test on a global stage at NATO Locked Shields 2026, the world’s largest, most prestigious, and most complex live-fire cyber defense exercise.

We are incredibly proud to share that the ExtraHop NDR platform was chosen play a critical role in this mission, providing the foundational network intelligence required to power the Joint Cyber Defense Stack against massive, coordinated nation-state simulations.

In our latest blog, Sarah Cleveland breaks down what an operation of this unprecedented scale proved about modern cyber defense:

🤝 Orchestrating a Unified Front: Success depends on a layered framework where network detection, asset visibility, and malware analysis work in concert to close operational gaps before adversaries can exploit them.

🎯 The Power of Network Ground Truth: An integrated defense stack only functions if you have immediate, real-time network intelligence to capture threats in motion and seamlessly trigger the rest of your security infrastructure.

⚡ Cutting Through Live-Fire Noise: Unified decryption combined with live-fire PCAP analysis gives defenders the definitive tactical advantage needed to outpace advanced threat actors.

Read Sarah’s full breakdown from the front lines of NATO Locked Shields 2026: https://xtra.li/49obhnw

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