NATO Embarks on Offensive Cyber and Cybersecurity Efforts

摘要

As NATO countries see cyber attacks increasing, the alliance is embarking on cybersecurity efforts, including offensive cyber capabilities, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on June 15. At the 2014 NATO Summit in Wales, the alliance agreed that a cyber attack on a NATO country may trigger Article 5 of the NATO charter to enjoin collective defense of that country. A NATO communique issued June 14 at the NATO Summit in Brussels said that coercive cyber attacks are "becoming ever more frequent," including ransomware incidents and other malcious activity targeting critical infrastructure and democratic institutions.