About the event
EFDI Accelerator 2.0 was a British Army-led engineering sprint with NATO Allied Land Command and US Army Europe and Africa, supporting NATO's Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative. Participants integrated capabilities on a common EFDI Data Backbone so authorised Allies could discover, access and exchange information (NATO invitation; British Army).
What Espanaro demonstrated
- DCS Level 3 protection for documents shared across the backbone: encrypted, labelled objects with signed metadata, opened only after a policy decision
- DCS Level 3 protection for live video streams, released per viewer and re-checked while playing
- Integration and DCS enablement of a UK AI partner's technology, so its outputs carried their own protection
- Open, documented interfaces on the EFDI Data Backbone
- A full, tamper-evident audit record of every release decision
What this shows
DCS-3 is the ACP 240 target maturity level for 2033. Demonstrating it on a live coalition data backbone, for streams as well as documents, shows the capability is ready to adopt now rather than a future development.
Espanaro has achieved data-centric security Level 3 (DCS-3) for document and live stream sharing, demonstrated at NATO EFDI Accelerator 2.0 in September 2026. This is Espanaro's own assessment against the ACP 240 maturity levels; it has not been independently certified.
Common questions
Has Espanaro achieved DCS Level 3?
Espanaro has achieved data-centric security Level 3 (DCS-3) for document and live stream sharing, demonstrated at NATO EFDI Accelerator 2.0 in September 2026. This is Espanaro's own assessment against the ACP 240 maturity levels; it has not been independently certified.
Is Espanaro's DCS Level 3 independently certified?
No. DCS Level 3 is Espanaro's own assessment against the ACP 240 maturity levels, demonstrated at NATO EFDI Accelerator 2.0. It has not been independently certified. We welcome independent assessment and can demonstrate the capability on request.