01168nas a2200193   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653000900052653001800061653004400079653002400123653001000147100001600157245008600173300000900259490000700268520069900275       2011                            d  c201110aCDMA10aCyber defence10aNATO Cyber Defence Management Authority10aNATO-EU Cooperation10aNCIRC1 aJudit Láng00aCyber Defence after Lisbon and the Implications of NATO’s New Strategic Concept  a7-110 v263 a<p>Information technology is crucial to run our governments, economies and armed forces, but in turn creates vulnerability due to increased interconnectedness. The paper offers a framework to study the issue from a political and Alliance perspective. It first considers the importance of cyber defence; second, it provides a snapshot of where NATO stands now as an Alliance in meeting the challenge; and third, it takes a look into the future. The author calls for stronger cooperation between NATO and the EU and concludes that all allies—big and small—can bring added value in the high-tech security competition in cyber space and thus contribute effective to making NATO more secure.</p>