From the Guardian:Seven Nato members signed a deal today to provide staff and funds for a new research centre designed to boost the alliance's defences against cyber-terrorism.
Defence ministers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Italy, Spain and Slovakia met in Brussels today where they signed an agreement to finance the cyber defence facility, to be based in Estonia.
Estonia, regarded as one of Europe's most internet-savvy nations, proposed the centre back in 2003, but it was only after last year's crippling cyber attacks against the Baltic nation that alliance leaders were convinced it was needed, said Major Raul Rikk, who will head the centre.
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My Comment: Ignoring the strategic and economic importance of the world wide web, it is good to know that NATO is finally now realizing that the web has now become an important tool in the fight against our "enemies".
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