Kao konsekvencu kibernetskih napada u Estoniji i Gruziji 2007. odnosno 2008. godine, NATO je spoznao da se kibernetska sigurnost mora staviti u prvi plan novih sigurnosnih izazova na kojima treba raditi narednih godina.
As a consequence of cyber attacks in Estonia and in Georgia in 2007 and 2008 respectively, NATO recognised that cyber security had to be placed at the forefront of new security challenges to be dealt with in the years ahead.