Startup wants to mitigate risk of state-actor underwater fibre optic cable sabotage by using a decades-old technique

A SCUBA Diver Checks An Undersea Cable.

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• Distributed acoustic sensing detects disturbances in fibre optic signals to identify underwater threats
• NATO’s ‘Baltic Sentry’ mission enhances subsea security, but surveillance remains difficult
• AP Sensing’s North Sea deployment highlights fibre optics’ role in security