Cyber Institute and NATO Partner on Multinational Cyber Defence Education and Training

Colorado Springs, CO, April 22, 2017 --(PR.com)-- The Cyber Institute is a local nonprofit with an international reach. Andrew Vance, the Executive Director of the Center for Cyber Risk Research and Policy said, “His organization is pleased to be invited to help NATO innovate its Cyber Curriculum and the role of Academia on the development of a Savvy Cyber Workforce, promote an active engagement and participation of industry and academia at NATO’s and National CD Capability Development Processes towards Innovation and Transformation.” According to the NATO Strategic Concept, adopted in November 2010 in Lisbon, Smart Defence seeks to stimulate synergies and foster Allied Nations cooperative efforts. Multinational Cyber Defence Education and Training (MNCDE&T) is a NATO–EU Cooperative Cyber Defence Capability Building program. Colonel Nunes, the program’s director expressed NATO and the EU recognize Cyber Defence as one of the strategic priorities. Cyber threats require a response that is both civilian and military and this requires well-trained personnel on different expertise and training levels. To protect cyberspace, we will need more research, better capabilities, more training, and exercises in constant coordination with all relevant stakeholders to create a unified and coordinated Cyber Defence posture and to maximize resilience and protection. Nunes said, “The joint declaration signed in Warsaw on 8 July 2016, gave a new impetus and substance to NATO- EU cooperation, highlighting the need to adopt a multidimensional framework (NATO-EU) and a synergetic approach to reinforce the NATO-EU complementarity of efforts on the field of Cyber Security and Cyber Defence.”

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Colorado Springs, CO, 80903-3612
800-282-1659 or 719-629-7768