SeaSalt

Preparedness for hybrid threats through multi-domain decision-making

It enables decision-makers and commanders to explore complex situations in which military action, cyber disruption, infrastructure vulnerability, and cognitive influence interact at the same time.

Built for defense ministries & organizations, senior operational leaders, SeaSalt supports a more complete understanding of modern conflict than traditional tabletop exercises, map-based wargames, or drills focused mainly on physical operations. It helps users assess not only what is happening on the ground, at sea, or in the air, but also how events evolve over time, how attacks propagate across interconnected systems, and how cyber and cognitive effects can shape operational outcomes.
 
SeaSalt is especially valuable for preparedness, planning, and doctrine-oriented “what if” analysis. It allows users to test emerging threat patterns, evaluate new forms of hybrid attack, and examine how adversaries may combine physical, cyber, and information actions in ways that conventional training environments do not capture well. This creates a stronger basis for planning, better-informed decision-making, and more credible preparation for real-world crises.

A key strength of SeaSalt is its modular structure. Organizations can adopt the capability they need and configure it around their mission requirements, whether that means using a simulation core, a cognitive-warfare component, a high-level command interface, or a combined environment. This makes SeaSalt suitable both for focused deployments and for broader integrated programs.
 
Core modules
 
SeaSalt Engine

The SeaSalt Engine is the simulation core of the platform. It models operational environments across land, sea, air, and other relevant layers while representing terrain, weather, infrastructure, force structures, and population dynamics. It is designed to support realistic scenario development and to show how actions in one domain can trigger consequences in others.

3D Chessboard

The 3D Chessboard provides a high-level command interface for decision-makers. It allows users to assign tasks, monitor the operational picture, and manage actions across multiple domains through a clear executive-level view. It supports multi-domain decision-making without requiring users to engage directly with lower-level technical complexity.

Cognitive Engine

The Cognitive Engine focuses on actions in the information environment, including broadcast, press, and social media dynamics. It enables users to explore how messages, narratives, and counter-messaging efforts may influence public opinion, morale, and broader operational conditions. By bringing cognitive effects into the same decision space as kinetic and cyber actions, it helps users prepare for a fuller spectrum of hybrid threats.

• It goes beyond map-only wargames by including non-physical domains and intelligent-agent-based simulation.
• It goes beyond VR-only simulators by focusing not just on visual immersion, but on the broader dynamics that drive operational outcomes.
• It enables decision-makers to examine the full scale of a problem across space, time, infrastructure, cyber effects, and cognitive influence.
• It supports training, planning, preparedness, and doctrine development in one modular environment.
• It can be configured module by module, allowing organizations to build the capability that best fits their needs.

It can be configured module by module, allowing organizations to build the capability that best fits their needs.
 
Applied to different scenarios

Deployment

Beyond Wargaming

References: Bruzzone, A., Giovannetti, A., Gotelli, M., Hodicky, J., Massei, M., De Paoli, A., Ferrari, R. & Ghisi, F. (2024). Strategic Engineering to support Decision Makers in Complex Systems: Innovative Models for Cognitive Warfare Simulation. In 14th International Defense and Homeland Security Simulation Workshop. doi: 10.46354/i3m.2024.dhss.005