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NATO Opens New Cyber Defense Center of Excellence

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Thursday, May 15th, 2008

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Seven NATO nations and the Allied Command Transformation signed the documents for the formal establishment of a Cooperative Cyber Defence (CCD) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Talin, Estonia, the alliance said yesterday. Marine Gen. James Mattis, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (ACT), and Estonian Chief of Defence Lt. Gen. Ants Laaneots, signed the Memorandum of Understanding. The center will conduct research and training on cyber warfare and have a staff of 30, half of them specialists from the sponsoring countries:…

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