UNCLASSIFIED FOUO US EUROPEAN COMMAND AFTER ACTION REPORT Action Officer Rank Name DSN Directorate Branch Date of Event ECJ67-ICE OD MMM VY 25-27 Jun 2019 Baltic Ghost TTX US POL KLE Event Name Overview The 2019 Baltic Ghost TTX was held in Legionowo Poland from 25-27 June with participation from Enhanced Forward Presence eFP contributing nations and organizations Poland Germany Lithuania Latvia Estonia Netherlands and the United Kingdom as well as the Multinational Coordination Element North East MNCE-NE were present The ECJ6 BG Biank and Polish National Cyber Security Center NCSC Director • • • • visited with participants as they worked through an eFP focused cyberspace defense scenario Following the visit to Baltic Ghost the US and POL leaders participated in an official ceremony to sign the Cyberspace Cooperation Agreement and answer questions posed by the media This key leader engagement served as the final approval to begin cooperation in cyberspace Participants official participant list is attached • • Nations Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Germany the Netherlands United Kingdom and United States US Organizations National Guard State Partnership Program Maryland Illinois Michigan and Pennsylvania AFCYBER DISA and USEUCOM Baltic Ghost Discussion Points • • • Baltic Ghost focused on three primary objectives o Understand the operational and strategic-level impacts of a cyber-attack and the appropriate cyber defense to support military operations o Inform perspectives on the roles and responsibilities and decision rights and authorities of key stakeholders U S and NATO during a coalition and allied response o Share best practices for collective cyber defense processes procedures and structures The Cyber Defense Management Board COMB established following Baltic Ghost 2018 briefed their newly established lines of effort aimed at moving from a unity of standards to a unified force o LOE1 Establishment of a federated force structure o LOE2 Establishment of a cyber Common Operational Picture COP o LOE3 Establishment of a cyber defense framework Common challenges expressed by all personnel included continued information sharing challenges understanding what is relevant for the operational commander and users' disregard of integrity and confidentiality of communications when availability is a challenge • The Netherlands briefed on current European Union EU Permanent Structured Cooperation PESCO projected aimed at creating a volunteer Quick Reaction Force - Cyber to assist with National cyber defense issues on a case by case basis There have been four EU PESCO Cyber missions since its instantiation last year Countries hosting are responsible for logistics of teams and signing hold harmless waivers KLE Discussion Points • 0 0 UNCLA551flED fOUO