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NATO plans to build satellite links as backups to undersea cables — recent cable damage incidents shine spotlight on Project Heist | The alliance wants to build a system that seamlessly switches between undersea cables and satellites in case of disruption.
The alliance wants to build a system that seamlessly switches between undersea cables and satellites in case of disruption.
This project will be called HEIST, says the IEEE in a report, which stands for Hybrid Space-Submarine Architecture Ensuring Infosec of Telecommunications. Although there are specially designed ships stationed worldwide to repair faults as soon as they happen, these often take days or weeks and could cost millions of dollars. Gregory Falco, the NATO Country Director for HEIST, believes that this is the fastest way for the project to achieve its goals and help prevent any catastrophic loss of data transmission in case of deliberate attacks against these underwater infrastructures in international waters.
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