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NATO Boosting Cyber Defenses as Russia-Ukraine Conflict Continues

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015

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NATO is beefing up its cyber defense capabilities in the face of growing Russian aggression, the organization’s secretary general said on May 27.“NATO stands ready to protect and defend all allies against any threat,” including in cyberspace, said Jens Stoltenberg at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He restated NATO's policy that a cyber attack could trigger Article 5, which commits members to consider an attack against one state as an attack against all. “We regard cyber as potentially…

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