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NATO Nations Launch Cyber Defense Project

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 18th, 2013

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Five NATO nations March 14 formally launched the Multinational Cyber Defense Capability Development Project, supported by the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency as part of NATO’s Smart Defense initiative. Under the project, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Romania will cooperate on the development of improved means of sharing technical information, shared awareness of threats and attacks, and advanced cyber defense sensors. Ambassador Gabor Iklody, head of NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division, said: "NATO Cyber Defense Policy depends on…

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