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Abstract

Cybersecurity has become as crucial as conventional security, thereby shifting the realm of the security environment. Rogue actors have
boosted their capabilities, and the costs of such resources owned by attackers are threatening security on both sides of the Atlantic. NATO must put forward recommendations and implement the securitization agenda in order to create an interconnected approach within different sectors. NATO will need to continue building the forcemultiplying functions of its cyber capabilities, improve effective command and decision-making structures in cyber crisis and conflicts, and enhance the interoperability between allies and partners in cyberspace. The security challenges of today require quick responses, necessitating flexible policy frameworks that allow for coercive reactions from networked actors.

Concluding remarks
As NATO faces the implications of the digital age it cannot afford to be complacent and hope for the best. The Alliance will now be tested, and in this respect still finds itself in a less than optimal position to deal with the sudden shifts cyberspace has brought to the security environment. NATO must assert its credibility in cyberspace as a strong, even formidable, power in the eyes of its members and partners — and antagonists. To achieve this result, NATO will need to continue to improve the force-multiplying functions of its cyber capabilities, to improve effective command and decision-making structures in cyber crisis and conflicts, and enhance the interoperability between allies and partners in cyberspace. The security challenges of today require quick responses, necessitating flexible policy frameworks in which coercive reactions can be decided upon among networked actors. The future NATO Summits must continue to adapt the Alliance in a world that evolves toward a new digital order.

Reference details

Resource type
Miscellaneous
Year of Publication
2022
Publication Area
Cybersecurity and defense

How to cite this reference:

NATO Cybersecurity: A Roadmap to Resilience. (2022). Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep18857.pdf