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National Cyber Security Vulnerabilities in

The Changing Security Environment

Implications For the Resilience of The NATO Cyber and Information Space

By Georgi Atanasov, Subject Matter Expert in Bulgarian ministry of defense

In the changed security environment states are seeking to achieve their strategic goals as quickly as
possible and with fewer resources. This mindset is gradually gaining popularity among the military and
national security decision-makers who would grab every opportunity to achieve more with less. This
growing appetite for speed and cost-effectiveness is reflected at a military level, where increasingly the
battlefield shifts to cyber and information space as this environment offers unique opportunities to impose
cost on adversaries at the speed of light, with impunity and zero casualties.

That is why, NATO must remain vigilant and aware that cyberspace is dangerously insecure and the
allies’ safety can be jeopardized through this man-made operational domain. The security of the alliance’s
cyberspace is surprisingly fragile and often it could be compromised as a result of human error. The latter
is almost impossible to avoid unless we fully implement artificial intelligence for cyber security at all levels
and therefore, we need to begin focusing on building cyber resilience.

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