NATO Cyber Defense Document: Worth a Look

September 1, 2025

It’s so hard to find decent resources on cyber security these days without them trying to sell you on the latest, greatest service own product. One

Great resource is the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), a multinational and interdisciplinary cyber defense hub. The organization’s mission is to support interdisciplinary expertise in cyber defense research, training and exercises covering the focus areas of technology, strategy, operations, and law.

While CCDCOE primarily serves NATO and member countries, its impactful research is useful for teaching all nations about the importance of cyber security. The organization began in May 2008 and since 2018 it has been responsible for teaching and training all NATO countries about cyber security. One of the organization’s biggest accomplishments is the Tallinn Manual:

“One of the most well-known and internationally recognised research accomplishments for CCDCOE has been the Tallinn Manual process, launched in 2009. The process has involved CCDCOE experts, internationally renowned legal scholars from various nations, legal advisors of nearly 50 states and other partners. Authored by nineteen international law experts, the “Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations” published in 2017 expanded the first edition published in 2013 with a legal analysis of more common cyber incidents that states encounter on a day-to-day basis and that fall below the thresholds of the use of force or armed conflict. The Tallinn Manual 2.0 is the most comprehensive analysis on how existing international law applies to cyberspace.”

CCDCOE is a very influential organization. Cybersecurity and defense is more important now than ever because of the dangers of artificial intelligence. CCDCOE is a fantastic organization to start learning the fundamentals of cybersecurity.

Whitney Grace , September 1, 2025

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under cybersecurity, News

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