NATO and the EU Should Urgently Strengthen Cyberdefence for Critical Infrastructure
NATO and the EU Should Urgently Strengthen Cyberdefence for Critical Infrastructure

Author(s): Wojciech Lorenz
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Criminology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: NATO; European Union; cyberdefence; cyberattack against Sony; potential of cyberweapons; cybersecurity and defence standards; computer emergency response teams (CERTs); threats to critical infrastructure;
Summary/Abstract: The cyberattack against Sony indicates the potential of cyberweapons, which could be used against critical infrastructure (CI) to undermine the stability of a country or even a whole region. To avoid such a scenario, governments and private companies have to advance coherent cybersecurity and defence standards. NATO and the EU should also take an important step towards interoperability by introducing standard operating procedures for computer emergency response teams (CERTs).

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