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NATO Signs Industry Partner Agreements With Cisco, Fortinet

Tuesday, March 1st, 2016

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NATO Signs Industry Partner Agreements With Cisco, Fortinet

The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency signed industry partnership cyber information sharing agreements with both Cisco [CSCO] and Fortinet [FTNT], NATO said Monday.The agreement with Cisco is set to facilitate rapid and early bilateral exchange of non-classified information concerning the nature, scope, prevention, and mitigation of cyber attacks. The information will be integrated into NCI Agency 24/7 detection and mitigation of cyber attacks, NATO said after the signing at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Calif.This “will foster collaboration…

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