The consequences of the 2007 cyber-attacks in Estonia for the cyber defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during the period 2007 to 2017
Abstract
This article analyzes how the cyberattacks that occurred in the Republic of Estonia in 2007 motivated NATO to create a cyber defense policy that could protect and defend both the Alliance and its member states.
The importance NATO placed on the creation, development, and implementation of a cyber defense policy was evident when the events unfolded, as it became clear that NATO did not have a policy in place to respond to these events. Although various summits had simply mentioned the danger of cyberattacks, there was no policy in practice.
Therefore, from then on, each of the decisions taken was specified in the texts issued by the Alliance Summits, as well as in other important documents also created during the period analyzed, that is, from 2007 to 2017.
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