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Cyber

NATO Cyber Conference Outlines Future Challenges

Friday, September 9th, 2016

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NATO Cyber Conference Outlines Future Challenges

The NATO Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Symposium (NIAS) 2016 emphasized the importance of increased partnerships to address cybersecurity risks and outlined future challenges on Sept. 7-8 in Mons, Belgium.“In cyber, hubris is our worst enemy. Thinking that we have solved it, that we are safe. This symposium is the best antidote for that,” Rear Adm. Thomas Daum, chief of staff of the NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCI Agency), said in his opening address.The NCI Agency hosted the conference, NATO’s…

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