The creation of the International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience comes amid an ongoing investigation into the severing of two fibre optic cables in the Baltic Sea, in less than 24 hours between 17 and 18 November. An international panel has been set up to protect undersea communications cables that are crucial for international trade and security, the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said on Friday. The exchange of data in the blink of an eye has become a. Subsea fiber-optic cables form the backbone of global digital infrastructure, carrying over 99% of intercontinental data traffic, yet despite their critical importance, they have received limited attention in national and international policy frameworks. While satellites and the new. Fibre sensing can be used to detect a whale, a vessel, an earthquake, among many others and requires no alteration to the cable or fibre itself. This method can be applied through the lens of cable protection, but it also has many applications for collecting environmental data as well. This study was produced by UNIDIR's Security and Technology Programme (SECTEC), which is supported by the Governments of Czechia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norw y, the Republic of Korea and Switzerland, and by Microsoft.