The first week of December saw the yearly NATO Cyber Coalition exercises. They were designed to increase cyber defence among members of the North Atlantic Alliance and the ability to deter possible enemies of the event. [According to The Record](https://therecord.media/nato-holds-largest-ever-cyberdefense-exercise-estonia), these were the top cyber exercises of this kind in NATO history; as [reported](https://cyberdefence24.pl/armia-i-service/rupt-exercise-on-Polish-command-in-important-roli), to date they only matched the Locked Shields exercises.