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DEFENCE POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION

NATO’s Cyber Defence Efforts Euro-Atlantic Center, Bratislava 18 June 2009 Erik Breidlid, Defence Policy and Planning Division NATO International Staff. DEFENCE POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION. THE THREAT. On the rise Public websites most exposed

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DEFENCE POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION

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  1. NATO’s Cyber Defence Efforts Euro-Atlantic Center, Bratislava 18 June 2009 Erik Breidlid, Defence Policy and Planning Division NATO International Staff DEFENCE POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION

  2. THE THREAT On the rise Public websites most exposed NATO has prime responsibilty for its own encrypted and open communications

  3. Protection against cyber attacks not new: creation of NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) in 2002 Decision to develop NATO Cyber Defence Policy followed in the wake of cyber attacks on Estonia in Spring 2007 Policy approved in January 2008 Article 5 of Washington Treaty so far not applied as result of cyber attacks BACKGROUND

  4. NATO must have the ability to support and protect Allies against cyber attack Allies have prime responsibility for protecting their national networks New measures to protect against cyber attack include Single authority to coordinate national and Allied response mechanisms Establishment of consultation mechanism Potential support teams to nations under attack NATO’S CYBER DEFENCE POLICY

  5. Cyber Defence Concept approved in February 2008: Assessment of threats, risks, vulnerabilities Concrete counter-measures Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, Tallinn, accredited in October 2008 CONOPs approved in February 2009 NATO Cyber Defence Exercises MILESTONES

  6. Guidelines for cooperation with PfP Partners and international organisations adopted in July 2008 Protection of sensitive information Case-by-case basis/individual handling Framework for cooperation between NATO and Partner nations agreed in April 2009: provides guidance to Partners COOPERATION BEYOND NATO

  7. NATO’S CYBER DEFENCE EFFORTS Questions? Comments?

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