GM speaks at AFCEA Cyber Security Conference 7 December 2011

It is always a pleasure to be in Prague but it is also a good place to have our discussion here, because – as we all will remember - NATO’s first steps in the area of cyber defence were launched here in this city, at the NATO Prague Summit in 2002. It was an example of the Alliance correctly anticipating a major security trend. It was at the Prague Summit that NATO’s Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC for short) was born.

We often say that cyber defence is one area which transcends borders, and where broad international cooperation is of great importance.

So it is great to see three AFCEA Chapters – the Czech, Polish and Slovak chapters – and the respective military universities and defence ministries working together to look at the topic from a regional perspective. I hope that we will see more such initiatives. From the Alliance’s side I welcome and congratulate you on this approach, and I will certainly report on it back to NATO Headquarters.

In my brief address today, I would like to update you on some important development in the area of cyber defence in NATO.

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GM speaks at AFCEA Cyber Security Conference 7 December 2011

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