Report: NATO needs more cyber capabilities

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120228_2060.php

By Josh Smith
National Journal
02/28/2012

Government officials have warned that cyberattacks are rapidly becoming 
one of the greatest threats to the United States and its allies, but a 
new report says the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is still playing 
catch up.

"NATO's central missions of collective defense and cooperative security 
must be as effective in cyberspace as they are in the other domains of 
air, land, sea, and space," concluded a report released by the Atlantic 
Council on Monday.

While NATO enacted a new cyberdefense policy in June, the alliance now 
needs to focus on a core set of priorities to make cybersecurity efforts 
more effective, the report said.

A special worry for the miltary comes from networks controlled by 
private companies. The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reported 
on Monday that the National Security Agency has pushed for greater 
cybersecurity authority but has been rebuffed by the White House over 
privacy concerns.

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