In this issue, we take a closer look at how cyber defense works in practice, from multinational NATO exercises to autonomous Tier-3 threat hunting and fresh insights drawn from the 2025 SANS Detection & Response Survey.
Clear NDR® in Action:
Inside a NATO Cyber Defense Exercise
Real-world cyber defense isn’t theoretical and it isn’t rehearsed in isolation. That’s why the Stamus team regularly takes part in large-scale, multinational cyber defense exercises.
In a recent video published by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the Stamus team and others, are shown participating in Crossed Swords 2025, a major exercise that brought together 240 participants from around 40 nations, including both NATO and partner nations.
Crossed Swords 2025 trains cyber defenders to carry out full-spectrum defensive and offensive cyber operations within a simulated crisis and conflict environment.
The footage offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how teams collaborate, hunt threats, and report progress across complex, multi-vendor environments, the same conditions where Clear NDR has been battle-tested through nearly 10 years of NATO exercises.
What happens when AI stops waiting for questions and starts hunting on its own?
In our latest blog, Phil Owens, VP of customer support, demonstrates how Clear NDR can be combined with Large Language Models using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to create an autonomous, Tier-3 threat-hunting agent.
Rather than acting as a simple chatbot, the agent follows a defined operating procedure to research active exploits, interrogate network data, identify the most suspicious assets, and produce a structured investigation report — all without constant human prompting.
The result isn’t just faster analysis, but smarter triage designed for real SOC operations, helping teams cut through alert fatigue and focus on what truly matters.
In our latest blog series, we’re exploring what the SANS findings mean for modern security operations by digging into trends around workload pressure, how teams are managing detection and response, and the practical impacts of cloud complexity and skill gaps on SOC effectiveness. If you missed it, start with our analysis of the top five trends you can’t ignore.
The three posts above represent the latest installments in that series, offering deeper perspective on what the data reveals and how security teams can turn insight into action. Visit our blog to explore the full set of posts and get the complete view.
Tested in high-pressure, adversary-driven NATO cyber exercises, Clear NDR has demonstrated the accuracy and transparency security teams need to confidently defend against real-world threats. Learn more, get pricing, and request a live demo to see what threats you're missing.
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