Submarine Cables Need Better Monitoring, Consultant Says
The world's submarine cable infrastructure needs proactive monitoring or sensing tools, consultant Kim Kyllesbech Larsen wrote Tuesday. More than 95% of international internet and data traffic crosses subsea cables, "but these critical assets lie largely unguarded on the ocean floor,"…
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Larsen said. Sensing technologies could help detect and characterize disturbances to cables, as well as real-time threat classification, he said. Those sensing capabilities "can serve as a digital tripwire along the seabed, transforming our ability to monitor and defend strategic infrastructure."