NATO launches largest-ever cyber security exercises

TALLINN, ESTONIA: NATO launched its largest-ever cyber exercises to practice warding off massive, simultaneous attacks on member states and their partners.
NATO security experts are trying to ward off cyber-attacks in a security exercise involving 30 EU states. Image Yurly
NATO security experts are trying to ward off cyber-attacks in a security exercise involving 30 EU states. Image Yurly Fotolia

Based at the alliance's cyber defence centre in Estonia, the exercises last three days and include participants in over 30 European states.

"Cyber attacks are a daily reality and they are growing in sophistication and complexity," Jamie Shea, a NATO official specialising in emerging security challenges, said in a statement.

"NATO has to keep pace with this evolving threat," he said.

Around 400 legal and IT experts as well as government officials will take part in the operation code-named "Cyber Coalition 2013".

Source: AFP via I-Net Bridge


 
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