NATO seeks Indian cooperation in cyber warfare

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http://www.domain-b.com/defence/general/20110912_cyber_warfare.html

domain-b.com
12 September 2011

Brussels: European security bloc NATO has sought cooperation with India 
in the arena of cyber warfare in a bid to counter threats, particularly 
those originating from China. Increasingly, NATO officials are trying to 
draw India into their ambit of operations listing large areas of mutual 
concern, including counter-terrorism, missile defence and anti-piracy.

"The cyber world does not recognise alignments. It only understands 
switches," said a top NATO official during a briefing to visiting Indian 
journalists, while making a strong pitch for joint efforts to combat 
cyber threats.

NATO officials suggested this could be a functional alignment in which 
both sides could give and take. "India has an advanced cyber and IT 
industry and is very strong in cyber issues", he said, hinting that 
India and NATO can cooperate in this field.

"Democracies face challenges that are common. As democracies we can have 
a dialogue, as we deal with issues differently... We need to work 
together, because individually we cannot. It is better to deal with such 
issues commonly than deal with them individually."

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