NATO will consolidate collective cyber defence

Significance

However, the alliance has struggled both to define the precise role it should play in cybersecurity and to execute effective cyber operations, given differences between the 30 allies on the appropriate use of cyber capabilities. The Ukraine war has helped clarify and strengthen NATO’s cyber intelligence-sharing and capacity-building functions while also boosting coordination between members.

Impacts

• Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks will prompt more coordinated defensive efforts from NATO states.
• NATO, led by the United States, will push for international norms in cyberspace at the UN but Russia and China will veto binding norms.
• The appeal of Chinese technology across NATO members will decline as cyber cooperation between them increases.