Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
NATO is evolving politically and militarily, as it becomes more technologically sophisticated in the cyberspace realm to meet the multidimensional challenges of the twenty-first century. Specifically, NATO continues to enhance its resilience to security threats across domains given that the organization’s core goal is to deter and defend by enhancing its security capabilities. This article considers the need and possible methods for taking a pre-emptive approach to cyber security. It examines NATO’s operational developments concerning its cyber ecosystem and reviews existing policies before recommending further actions to counter emerging cyber warfare threats or attacks. NATO members must become more assertive and cooperate to collectively deny any domain attack or data breach in the cyber arena. As such, this article proposes an updated methodological and operational approach to NATO’s cyber security.
