NATO Library: Cyber Defence: Official Texts

NATO Documents

Statement by the NATO Secretary General on cyber attacks against Ukraine
NATO (14 January 2022)
Statement by the North Atlantic Council in solidarity with those affected by recent malicious cyber activities including the Microsoft Exchange Server compromise
NATO (19 July 2021)
Deterrence and Defence in Cyberspace
NATO Secretary General's Annual Report 2020
NATO (16 March 2021)
See pages 23-24.
Statement by the North Atlantic Council Concerning Malicious Cyber Activities
NATO (3 June 2020)
Cyberspace as Part of NATO's Core Task of Collective Defence
NATO Secretary General's Annual Report 2019
NATO (19 March 2020)
See page 27.
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Cyber Defence Pledge Conference, London (23 May 2019)
Brussels Summit Declaration
Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels 11-12 July 2018.
Paragraph 20 - Cyber Threats
Speech by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Cyber Defence Pledge Conference (Ecole militaire, Paris)
(15 May 2018)
Cyber Defence Pledge
(8 July 2016)
The 2015 Activity Report of the NATO Secretary General
see page 23
Wales Summit Declaration
Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Wales on 5 September 2014.
Paragraphs 72-73.
National Cyber Security Framework Manual
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD COE) (2012)
Chicago Summit Declaration
Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Chicago
2012
Defence Matters: Secretary General's Annual Report 2012
NATO (31 January 2013)

EU Documents

Draft Council Conclusions on the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade
Council of the European Union, 9 March 2021
The EU's Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade.
Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council, 16 December 2020
Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell on Behalf of the EU: European Union Response to Promote International Security and Stability in Cyberspace
Council of the European Union, 30 July 2020
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on respect for the rules-based order in cyberspace
Council of the European Union (12 April 2019)
RECOMMENDATIONS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2017/1584 of 13 September 2017 on coordinated response to large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises [L 239/36]
European Commission (19 September 2017)
Also called the "Blueprint".
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The "Blueprint" for a coordinated response to large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises at the Union level.
Resilience, Deterrence and Defence: Building strong cybersecurity for the EU [JOIN(2017) 450 final]
JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL (13 September 2017)
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on ENISA, the "EU Cybersecurity Agency", and repealing Regulation (EU) 526/2013, and on Information and Communication Technology cybersecurity certification (''Cybersecurity Act'')
European Commission, COM/2017/0477 final - 2017/0225 (COD), (13 September 2017)
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The Commission recommends cementing the role of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security as the key cyber security agency, and providing it with more resources to develop policy, implement capacity-building programmes, support research, and establish a cyber security certification scheme.
Council Conclusions on a Framework for a Joint EU Diplomatic Response to Malicious Cyber Activities ("Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox")
Council of the European Union (19 June 2017)
Draft Council Conclusions on a Framework for a Joint EU Diplomatic Response to Malicious Cyber Activities ("Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox") - Adoption
Council of the European Union (7 June 2017)
Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems
European Commission - Fact sheet (6 July 2016)
This 'NIS Directive' represents the first EU-wide rules on cybersecurity.
Draft Council Conclusions on Cyber Diplomacy European Council, 11 February 2015
Council conclusions on cyber diplomacy (11 February 2015)
EU Cyber Defence Policy Framework
Council of the European Union (17–18 November 2014)
Cybersecurity Strategy of the European Union: An Open, Safe and Secure Cyberspace ["2013 Cybersecurity Strategy"]
European Commission - High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (7 February 2013)
Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
EU Cyber Security Strategy – open, safe and secure
European Union - European External Action Service (7 February 2013)
Cyber Security strategy and Proposal for a Directive
European Commission (7 February 2013)
Proposal for a Directive on Attacks Against Information Systems, Repealing Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA (MEMO/10/463)
European Commission (30 September 2010)
Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA of 24 February 2005 on Attacks Against Information Systems
Convention on Cybercrime CETS No. : 185
Council of Europe (2004)
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The Convention is the first international treaty on crimes committed via the Internet and other computer networks, dealing particularly with infringements of copyright, computer-related fraud, child pornography and violations of network security. It also contains a series of powers and procedures such as the search of computer networks and interception.

Its main objective, set out in the preamble, is to pursue a common criminal policy aimed at the protection of society against cybercrime, especially by adopting appropriate legislation and fostering international co-operation.

The Convention is the product of four years of work by Council of Europe experts, but also by the United States, Canada, Japan and other countries which are not members of the Organisation. It has been supplemented by an Additional Protocol making any publication of racist and xenophobic propaganda via computer networks a criminal offence. [FROM THE CONVENTION'S SUMMARY]

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