
OCTOBER- NOV 2025 updates
Recent calls for NATO to adopt a proactive cyber posture and descriptions of what that would entail are necessary but insufficient for preparing NATO for this forthcoming strategic challenge – NATO should also establish a proactive cyber operational element that continuously campaigns to ensure the security of its member states and partners. It is further proposed that this element would generate an additional benefit of addressing concerns raised by those who argue that the elevation of China in strategic guidance will distract from addressing the Russian strategic challenge.
A notable example of such an operation is the cyber-attack on Viasat Inc.’s KA-SAT satellite, which disrupted Ukrainian civil and military communications just hours before the Russian military aggression on February 24, 20226 . This incident marks the RussianUkrainian conflict as the first to start in the cyber domain.