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NATO Conducts 2016 Cyber Defense Exercise

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

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NATO concluded its largest annual cyber defense exercise with over 700 participants, Cyber Coalition 2016, in Estonia on Dec. 2.The exercise features a simulated cyber attack with participants working together to identify the threat and mitigate its impact before it could spread across national systems. Participants tested and trained on how to share information about cyber incidents in a faster way and how to coordinate cyber defenses in case of attack.The three-day event was the ninth edition of the exercise…

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