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NATO conducts major multinational cyber defence exercise "Cyber Coalition 2014".
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2014 09:49 AM | |||
| NATO conducts major multinational cyber defence exercise "Cyber Coalition 2014" | |||
NATO
launched yesterday, November 18, its largest ever multinational cyber
defence exercise, “Cyber Coalition 2014”. The three-day training
event will test the Alliance’s ability to defend its networks from
the various challenges that exist when operating in the contested cyber
domain.
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"Cyber Defence 2014" exercise involves
over 400 technical, government and cyber experts |
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“This
exercise will test our systems to make sure that NATO keeps pace with
that evolving threat and that the skills and expertise of our cyber specialists
are fully up to the task,” said Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, NATO
Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. “Among
the priorities highlighted in the Enhanced NATO Policy on Cyber Defence,
endorsed at the Wales Summit, is training and exercises.”
The exercise involves over 400 technical, government and cyber experts operating from dozens of locations from across the Alliance and partner nations. For the first time, representatives from academia and industry have been invited as observers. The aim of the exercise is to test the rapid sharing of information about cyber incidents. The drill will also test the ability of the participating nations to coordinate a defence against a series of targeted cyber incidents involving a NATO mission network. “The cyber threat is not just a potential threat, it is daily reality,” Mr Ducaru said. “Conflicts can be virtual but with consequences that are real and destructive.” At the Wales NATO Summit, Allies agreed that cyber-attacks can reach a threshold that threatens national and Euro-Atlantic prosperity, security, and stability. Their impact could be as harmful to modern societies as a conventional attack. NATO leaders also affirmed that cyber defence is part of NATO's core task of collective defence. “Cyber Coalition 2014” is the seventh such annual exercise. |
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