Accession Number:
ADA621758
Title:
Norwegian Cyber Defense
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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Report Date:
2013-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
101.0
Abstract:
This thesis postulates the need for a more proactive approach to cyber defense in Norway and offers recommendations about how Norway can be better prepared to counter cyber threats. It finds that Norway s strategic infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attacks and that Norway has no coherent strategy for meeting this challenge. The thesis argues that an effective cyber defense requires a wide range of offensive and defensive measures as well as a central authority for command and control. Norway must increasingly be perceived as a serious and tough player in cyberspace this requires proactive thinking and offensive capabilities. An important first step would be to make the Ministry of Defense responsible for the nation s cyber defense.
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Subject Categories:
- Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics