NATO Cyber Alliance (NATOC)
- A New Threat in our Global World -
These days, there are many means to attack a country, whether by militarily, politically, indiscriminately, financially and the new threat on Cyberspace. Any kind of attack on another country should still be considered as an attack and responded in same manner. A country should be able to defend itself in any form of threat.
Biggest cyber threat today coming from regimes such as N. Korea and current Russia regime and what country there will be in the future. We had seen them attacking emails, secret conversation, meddling democracy, creating fake accounts, stealing virtual documents. These are all cyber attacks and should be defined as, especially if sponsored by a Government. At the moment the West doesn't have protection to counter-act that. There will be many forms of cyber attack in the future. Most our lives are more and more reliant on cyberspace, whether shopping, banking, diagnosing, secret conversations, digital property, equipments. Now with metaverse, we almost be living in the cyberspace. So the need to protect cyberlife as paramount as real life.
Attack on cyber infrastructure can cause server distribution, cost millions to repair, weakens the country and lessens the ability to defend such as by militarily. Future military wars may even begin by cyberware first. If a country does not have an advantage in cyberspace, it will make itself prone to an attack.
Military is not only form of protection. Country needs to protect its citizens all around the world. Protects its goods travelling around the earth. Protects its digital goods in cyberspace. Protect secrets reaching to enemy. Unfortunately this need to cyber protection has not been realised by countries yet.
This is where NATO Cyber alliance comes in, NATOC for short. The alliance is not only made out of NATO members but any country anywhere in the world can be a member upon meeting conditions. NATO members are not automatically enrolled, they need to enrol to NATOC separately. Its members share intelligence, co-operate, strength ties, build infrastructure to better co-ordinate and protect themselves. And if NATOC member attacked all countries shall defend that country in cyberspace only. This will be very deterrent force also.
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