National Cyber Defence Goals (Operational Priorities)
32 pages · PDF · 26 January 2026 · Licensed single-user copy, watermarked to the buyer
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About this report
Cyber attacks have become a pervasive strategic threat, compelling NATO, the EU and their member states to elevate cyber defence as a core operational priority. “Cyberspace is contested at all times” and hostile actors continuously probe and penetrate allied networks, critical infrastructure and data systems in peacetime and crisis .
State-sponsored hackers and proxy groups seek to degrade vital services , steal sensitive data and disrupt military command-and-control, as demonstrated by Russia’s sustained cyber campaigns against Ukraine and the intensified malign cyber activities targeting NATO Allies since 2022 .
Key questions this report answers
- Why have NATO, the EU and member states elevated cyber defence to a core operational priority in a permanently contested cyberspace?
- How do force posture, readiness models and command-and-control architecture defend allied networks, critical infrastructure and military C2?
- Which actors, capability families and industrial-base bottlenecks constrain national cyber defence goals?
- What roadmap and resilience measures are needed against state-sponsored hackers and proxy groups, as seen in Russia's campaigns?
Inside this report
- Mission Sets, Theatres, Domains and Scenarios
- Force Posture, Readiness Models and Command-and-Control Architecture
- Capability Families, Tactical Building Blocks and Performance Requirements
- Technology Clusters, Industrial Base, Value Chain and Structural Bottlenecks
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Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (26 January 2026). You receive a 32-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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