Cyber without borders: Reporters notebook. [Special Edition]

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

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In this special Reporter’s Notebook, Maria Varmazis⁠⁠⁠⁠, host here at N2K CyberWire, takes listeners behind the scenes of our three-part series on Cyber Coalition 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia. After exploring real-time incident response, cross-border coordination, and the broader stakes of collective cyber defense, this episode offers a more personal, behind-the-scenes look at how the reporting came together. Hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence, the exercise brought together allied military, government, and industry teams inside NATO’s secure cyber range. Here, Maria reflects on moments that didn’t make the final cut — the atmosphere inside the facilities, the pace of covering a live exercise, and the small, human details that added texture to the larger story. If you haven’t yet, be sure to listen to all three episodes of the series to hear the full story from the ground at Cyber Coalition 2025. Episode one can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Episode two can be found ⁠here⁠. Episode three can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K.
0:10.2	When cyber threats strike, minutes matter.
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0:43.4	See how your organization can prepare today at boozallin.com slash commercial. Hello, Maria Vermazas here, and I want to welcome you to this bonus episode of Cyber Without Borders.
1:20.0	This is episode four out of three. It's my reporter's notebook.
1:24.6	The last three episodes were very meticulously scripted and put together after careful research and consideration.
1:31.3	But this episode is all about my off-the-cuff reflections of what I heard and saw in Tallinn-Astonia, as well as at the NATO Cyber Range.
1:41.3	It's a little peek behind the scenes and making a mini-series like the one
1:45.9	you've been listening to, and I hope you enjoy. It is December 1st, 2025, 215 p.m. local time in
2:00.2	Tallinn, Estonia. I am on the 10th floor of my hotel looking out at the
2:06.3	water and a whole bunch of skyscrapers from my hotel room. I just arrived in Tallinn probably a half an
2:13.5	hour ago, and I had a 10-minute drive from the airport to my hotel. It's very gray and completely
2:25.4	overcast, not a bit of blue sky here. It is approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit, damp, windy.
2:34.8	I got on a plane in Boston, leaving that weather behind,
2:38.8	and I arrived in Tallinn, Estonia, and found the same exact thing.
2:44.5	I am extremely sleep deprived and desperately need a nap,
2:48.4	but I am trying not to nap because the sun is going to set here in probably
2:53.2	two hours. So I want to try and take advantage of what little sun I can eke out from between the clouds
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