The NATO Industry Cyber Partnership has paved the way for collaboration with the private sector in addressing cyber threats. Banks use technology incubators in collaboration with the cyber industry to increase mutual understanding, and to speed up and de-risk acquisition. NATO is not a bank but, like a bank, it cannot afford to be compromised. Their logic is a simple response to a non-static threat and is based on reality they cannot afford to have compromised networks.
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Global banks update their entire IT infrastructure rapidly and often. NATO must acquire cutting-edge information technology at the same speed as potential adversaries, if it wants to keep its lead. One of the greatest challenges ahead is the pace of NATO’s technology refresh. Innovation coupled with agile acquisition So how does IT ensure the Alliance remains flexible and adaptable by design? NATO’s 360-degree functional approach ensures it maintains an edge in military technology over its adversaries through agile acquisition, early engagement and closer partnership with industry, enhanced interoperability, and by projecting resilience beyond NATO borders. Investing in developing an enterprise network approach that includes the Alliance, its member states, industry and perhaps partner countries is key. The unprecedented scale and sophistication of cyber-attacks has demonstrated that cyber resilience is not static, and that what has been done in the past to defend and maintain the Alliance’s IT infrastructure may not work in the future. Without cyber resilience, the Alliance cannot operate military capabilities like AGS and ballistic missile defence, which offer a strategic and technical advantage over potential adversaries. But what use is all that information without the IT infrastructure through which it is communicated to feed the political and strategic layer? AGS serves as NATO’s eyes in the skies, gathering massive amounts of data for enhanced situational awareness. NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance System (AGS) – Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Ground Control Stations – is a 21st century system supporting commanders’ real- and near real-time situational awareness at strategic distance and within hours, if not minutes, of a crisis arising. IT represents a fundamental pillar of resilience and a critical enabler of decisions taken at Warsaw to strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defence posture, underpinning NATO’s long-term adaptation to the emerging security threats. Recognition of cyber as an operational domain – along with the air, land and sea – confirmed that protecting NATO’s nervous system is critical. Allied leaders agreed to strengthen NATO’s resilience and ensure that it remains adaptable by design. This concern was evident at the NATO Summit in Warsaw in early July.
Being able to access reliable information within minutes is even more crucial. In an unpredictable security environment, adapting to new threats is essential. Without the right information, at the right time, in the right place, their ability to make a decision is compromised, and disaster looms. During that short timeframe, they rely primarily on operational information provided through information technology (IT). NATO commanders may only have six minutes to decide to engage and intercept. Imagine a long-range ballistic missile is launched, targeting NATO’s population, territory or forces.
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