Experts put to the test in the largest NATO’s cyber defense exercise

About 600 cyber defenders from the entire Alliance and NATO’s partner nations have taken part in the Cyber Coalition 2015 held this year in the period of 16-20 November at Alliance Cyber Range, Tartu, Estonia. Within the event has been organized a media tour, which has been attended by representatives of Estonian and international media, including the CID NATO, Elena Marzaci, Executive Director.

The 5-days event has tested the skills partners – allies to defend networks against a range of security challenges. “If you are involved threats, default must intervene and cyber defense. Our technology can be only as effective as our people are, “realized His Excellency Ducaru , NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges.

Estonia hosts this exercise for the third time this year. The objective is to train and to ensure coordination among national experts and fast their ability to cope with scenarios whose complexity increases during doing the exercises. Using a controlled virtual environment containing histories participants present stories containing specific dangers for the mobiles or the spying on social networks. The exercise is controlled by a small group of experts from Tartu, Estonia.

The exercise also includes the participation of experts from other countries including Austria, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Georgia and Japan. The team of the defensive cybernetics from the European Union, and representatives from academia and industry, invited as observers:”The Cyber Coalition presents the position of the NATO’s allies can work together with its partners in the European Union, as partners, to improve information related to cyber threats, “said Ducaru. “None of us are strong enough as we can be all together, fighting against these dangers.”