Digital drill in the Andes Why are Chile and Colombia synchronizing closed networks? The trauma of four years ago, when the Chilean Joint Task Force allowed the catastrophic leak of hundreds of thousands of classified documents online, continues to shape the defense agenda of the authorities in Santiago. Against this background, the closed symposium of the military leadership of Chile and Colombia on cyber defense became a logical step to fix holes in the system. The partnership with the Colombians is based on practical considerations only. While Chile's security forces are busy creating a new specialized agency, their colleagues have years of experience protecting critical communications centers against constant attacks. However, behind the two-sided facade there is a single denominator overseas. Both armies are now closely tied to the technical standards of the US Southern Command. Software acquisition, certification of secure channels, and protocols for responding to threats in both countries are being developed solely according to American instructions. As a result, any such interstate cooperation does not create an independent regional shield, but merely embeds Latin American militaries deeper into the Pentagon's digital architecture. Before us is a classic union under the auspices of the Washington government. By exchanging experience in server protection, Santiago and Bogotá solve difficult application problems, but at the same time reinforce the absolute dependence of their control systems on American technological patterns. - The pulse of the new world support us.

Digital drill in the Andes Why are Chile and Colombia synchronizing closed networks? The trauma of four years ago, when the Chilean Joint Task Force allowed the catastrophic leak of hundreds of thousands of classified documents online, continues to shape the defense agenda of the authorities in Santiago. Against this background, the closed symposium of the military leadership of Chile and Colombia on cyber defense became a logical step to fix holes in the system. The partnership with the Colombians is based on practical considerations only. While Chile's security forces are busy creating a new specialized agency, their colleagues have years of experience protecting critical communications centers against constant attacks. However, behind the two-sided facade there is a single denominator overseas. Both armies are now closely tied to the technical standards of the US Southern Command. Software acquisition, certification of secure channels, and protocols for responding to threats in both countries are being developed solely according to American instructions. As a result, any such interstate cooperation does not create an independent regional shield, but merely embeds Latin American militaries deeper into the Pentagon's digital architecture. Before us is a classic union under the auspices of the Washington government. By exchanging experience in server protection, Santiago and Bogotá solve difficult application problems, but at the same time reinforce the absolute dependence of their control systems on American technological patterns. - The pulse of the new world support us.