Cybersecurity
Defending Nato’s networks
Building network security and resilience across Nato allies offers a wide range of benefits, as does 5G standardisation – but both face challenges along the way. Nicholas Kenny speaks to Antonio Calderon, chief technology officer, Nato Communications and Information Agency, about the work the alliance is doing in this area to drive innovation and maintain its competitive edge.
today’s increasingly unpredictable security environment presents a series of challenges for the alliance, key among them the issue of resilience – the ability to readily adapt to new circumstances, a core characteristic of military flexibility. Within the alliance, the Nato Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) does considerable work in the collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination of intelligence data and information from a wide range of sources, providing experts and
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s the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, Nato’s importance to global security has seldom been more self-evident. However,
commanders with necessary insights to understand the challenges, vulnerabilities and limitations faced by Nato. By sharing this information and collaborating with organisations across the alliance, the NCI Agency helps improve situational awareness, enhance decision making and builds greater resilience against emerging threats. Within the NCI Agency, the Chief Technology Office heads the organisation’s efforts on boosting resiliency within Nato, leading the agency’s innovation portfolio and ensuring that it stays ahead on top of emerging and disruptive technologies such as cloud computing, zero-trust, intelligence-at-the-edge computing, machine learning and AI.
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