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NATO Doesn’t Yet Know How To Protect Its Networks

Jorge Benitez | February 06, 2012
NATO INFOSEC Techinical Center (NITC)

From Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room:  Here at NATO Headquarters, the 2007 denial-of-service attack that took websites of member nation Estonia offline forms something of a template for worry.

NATO defence ministers achieve breakthrough on Baltic air patrol mission

Jorge Benitez | February 03, 2012
Italy's Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola with Lithuania's Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene at NATO HQ, February 2, 2012

From the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania:  On February 2, Thursday, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė while at the NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels noted that a breakthrough had been achieved in the effort to have a prolonged Baltic Air policing mission

Russia charges former Estonian spy chief in Arctic Sea hijacking

Jorge Benitez | January 18, 2012
Eerik-Niiles Kross, former Director of Security Coordination Office in the Estonian State Chancellery

From RIA Novosti:  Investigators in the northern Russian port of Arkhangelsk have charged in absentia Estonia's former spy chief, Eerik-Niiles Kross, with organizing the hijacking of the cargo ship Arctic Sea in 2009, a spokesman for the regional Investigative Committee, Yury Shperling said on Friday.

Can NATO Adapt to Cyber Warfare?

Jorge Benitez | November 30, 2011
"It is unclear if NATO posses the tools to clearly identify the origin of a cyber attack"

From Robin Tim Weis, FrumForum:  What is the likelihood that NATO would invoke Article Five–NATO’s collective defense clause–in response to a cyber attack?

The Russian-Georgian war as a geostrategic turning point

Jorge Benitez | November 27, 2011
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev address the United Russia party congress, November 27, 2011

From Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs:  President Dmitry Medvedev made a remarkable statement during a speech to military officers in southern Russia early this week.

Medvedev: Russia's 2008 war with Georgia prevented NATO growth

Jorge Benitez | November 21, 2011
"By going to war with Georgia in 2008, Russia halted NATO's expansion eastward, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday."

From RIA Novosti:  By going to war with Georgia in 2008, Russia halted NATO's expansion eastward, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.

U.S. joining NATO's fight against cyber threats

Jorge Benitez | November 16, 2011
Members of the 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron

From John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes:  The United States will join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence during a formal ceremony scheduled for Thursday at the center’s headquarters in Estonia, a country that experienced a massive cyber attack that disabled websites of numerous government institutions in 2007.

Cyber-warfare is coming

Jorge Benitez | November 12, 2011
Cyber Attack

From Ilmar Tamm, Public Service Europe:  Various states have managed to agree on laws that govern borders, international sea and air space, even outer space – but now we are faced with the task of adapting or creating laws and precedents for cyberspace.

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Please join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation with General Charles Bouchard, commander of the NATO military mission in Libya.

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