“Cyber Coalition 2014”
November 20, 2014
NATO launched its largest-ever multinational cyber defense exercise, “Cyber Coalition 2014”, on Tuesday. The three-day training event will test the Alliance’s ability to defend its networks from the various challenges that exist when operating in the contested cyber domain.
“This exercise will test our systems to make sure that NATO keeps pace with that evolving threat and that the skills and expertise of our cyber specialists are fully up to the task,” said Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. “Among the priorities highlighted in the Enhanced NATO Policy on Cyber Defense, endorsed at the Wales Summit [in September], is training and exercises.” The exercise involves over 400 technical, government and cyber experts operating from dozens of locations from across the Alliance and partner nations.