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  • Comparative study on the cyber defence of NATO Member States [Elektronski vir]
    Štrucl, Damjan, 1971-
    The information environment and cyberspace have created a completely different security environment than the one we are used to. With the help of communication and information systems, the world has ... become interconnected in real-time and threats are no longer limited to physical borders. New pitfalls have emerged which are reflected in different understandings of the contemporary security environment. Everything that happens in cyberspace is transferred to the physical environment, but it is never possible to know or predict exactly when this will happen. There is a different understanding of the modern security environment and this can cause the common approach and response by states to fail. Cyber defence and cyber resilience are important parts of the measures taken by states and international organisations to ensure an adequate level of CS in national security systems. This paper reports the findings from a survey made with the CCDCOE Member Nations, NATO and EU organisations to better understand the approaches and capabilities of other like-minded states. The study first analyses the terminology used and the strategic, legal and operational arrangements of the states, which will provide information on their approaches to CS and cyber defence. As a part of this analysis, it was found that states understand cyber-related terminology very differently and some states neglect the importance of information assurance or even understand it as information security. It is similar in the understanding of information security concerning CS, which can cause issues in the effective common response to contemporary security threats. Secondly, the study focuses on the legal and institutional framework, organisational structure and capabilities of CS and cyber defence. It was found that states have a very different organisational infrastructure concerning CS or cyber defence, although most surveyed states are NATO and EU members. Because of that membership, no major deviations were expected, at least not in the legal framework as states should follow NATO's commitments and the EU's legal framework. However, it turned out differently as states do not follow uniform standards of NATO or EU. Our scope is thus the assessment of a complete structure of cyber defence and interplay with national CS structures. This includes an organisational overview of responsibilities for cyber defence in which government entities are responsible for cyber critical aspects of critical infrastructure protection if there is a dedicated, centralised or coordinating government body or Ministry responsible for CS and cyber defence. Additionally, the analysis in capabilities, cooperation, collaboration and information sharing was conducted to get insight into over whole structure of CS and the cyber defence of states.
    Type of material - research report ; adult, serious
    Publication and manufacture - Tallinn : NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), 2022
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 105522947

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    https://ccdcoe.org/uploads/2022/04/Comparative-study-on-the-cyber-defence-of-NATO-Member-States.pdf
    https://ccdcoe.org/library/publications/comparative-study-on-the-cyber-defence-of-nato-member-states/

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