NATO - Defending against cyber attacks

Defending against cyber attacks

NATO and cyber defence

Cyber attacks continue to pose a real threat to NATO and cyber defence will continue to be a core capability of the Alliance.

Exercising together against cyber attacks

20 Dec. 2011

For three days, 29 nations worked together to prevent various simulated computer viruses and malicious programmes from infiltrating their networks. A large-scale network exercise organized by NATO.

Exercising together against cyber attacks
20 Dec. 2011
A former hacker now working on cybersecurity
29 Nov. 2011
NATO Chronicles: Fighting the Invisible Enemy
20 Sep. 2011
War in cyberspace
24 Mar. 2009
Cyber conflicts - exploring the concept
30 Jun. 2011
Building Cyber Defence
08 Dec. 2010

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Defending against cyber attacks 30. Jun. 2009 Cyber security is an unavoidable issue and the threat is growing daily. In the last 12 months, security experts have monitored more than 286 million new threats and the volume of web-based attacks has risen by 93 per cent worldwide. Source: Symantec ISTR, April 2011 (Photo by NCIRC NATO)

Defending against cyber attacks 24. Jun. 2009 There were over 6,000 new vulnerabilities identified in 2010 – the highest number on record. Source: Symantec ISTR, April 2011 (Photo by NCIRC NATO)

Defending against cyber attacks The vast majority of new malware is designed to steal or compromise data. Targeted attacks such as Hydraq and Stuxnet posed a growing threat to enterprises in 2010. Stuxnet alone exploited four different zero-day vulnerabilities to attack its targets. Source: Symantec ISTR, April 2011

Defending against cyber attacks 13. Nov. 2008 Personal information has a value. Cyber criminals collect it with the aim of launching more sophisticated, targeted attacks. For example, in underground forums the price for credit card data now ranges from $0.07 to $100 per credit card. Source: Symantec ISTR, April 2011 (Photo by Andres Rueda)

La défense contre les cyberattaques À mesure que les technologies évoluent, de nouvelles possibilités s'ouvrent aux cybercriminels. L'informatique mobile fait aujourd'hui l'objet d'une attention toute particulière, les attaquants commençant à s'intéresser de près à cet espace dans le but de s'infiltrer dans les organisations. Par conséquent, les failles des plates-formes mobiles ont connu une hausse de 42 %. Source : Symantec ISTR, avril 2011

Defending against cyber attacks 12. Mar. 2011 A country’s critical information infrastructure is characterised as businesses and industries whose importance are such that if their cyber networks were successfully breached and disabled, it could result in a threat to national security. Source: Symantec Critical Informatica Infrastructure Protection survey, August 2010. (Photo by Lee J. Haywood)

Defending against cyber attacks In some countries, upwards of 85 per cent of the nation’s critical infrastructure is owned by private corporations. Source: Symantec Critical Informatica Infrastructure Protection survey, August 2010.

Defending against cyber attacks The discovery of the Stuxnet worm in 2010 forced governments and businesses around the world to examine their security defences more rigorously. Cyber threat to real world infrastructure is now topping the security agenda for organisations worldwide. Source: Symantec Critical Informatica Infrastructure Protection survey, August 2010.

Defending against cyber attacks 53 per cent of companies believe they have experienced an attack waged with a specific political goal in mind. Of those hit, the typical company reported being attacked 10 times in the past five years. Source: Symantec Critical Informatica Infrastructure Protection survey, August 2010. (Photo by Steven Lilley)

Defending against cyber attacks The average cost to businesses and governments is $850,000 per attack. Source: Symantec Critical Informatica Infrastructure Protection survey, August 2010. (Photo by Daniel Borman)

Defending against cyber attacks Smart grids and next generation computing for energy or solar technologies in homes will lead to the creation of more vulnerabilities, as the interactive computing systems will enable us – and potentially hackers – to do more with them. Source: Symantec Critical Informatica Infrastructure Protection survey, August 2010.

Opinions

Security Policies 2.0: Can Facebook, Twitter and Co Make an Impact, - Stefanie Babst - Atlantic-Community.org - 6 Sept. 2011
NATO Secretary General and young professionals discuss new security challenges - 19 November 2010
"NATO Builds Its Cyberdefenses" - Article by SACT General Abrial outlining NATO’s cyberdefence efforts in the New York Times op-ed

NATO Review

Crime, computers and security in 2012 23 Jan. 2012 What's going to happen in 2012? Some things are easy to see: we'll see more attacks by criminals. We'll see more attacks by hactivists (like the infamous Anonymous group). But most importantly, we'll see that many of the future real-world crisis will have a cyber element in them as well. Certainly, any future war between technically developed nations is likely to incorporate computer attacks.

New threats: the cyber-dimension 08 Sep. 2011 September 11th, 2001 has often been called the day that changed everything. This might not be true for our day to day life, but in security, it really marked a new era. Together with the Twin Towers, our traditional perceptions of threats collapsed. The Cold War scenario that had dominated for over 50 years was radically and irrevocably altered.

Social media - the frontline of cyberdefence? 23 Mar. 2011 There are those who see social media as a threat to their security. Not just individuals, not just companies, but also governments. Why is this? And how much of a soft underbelly do social networks present?

China and the West: Keyboard conflicts 21 Apr. 2010 Both the West and China have highlighted the importance of the Web - in different ways. Here we look at how it is becoming centre stage in cyber attacks between the two and the efforts both sides are making to beef up their defences.