TY - JFULL AU - Serkan Yağlı and Selçuk Dal PY - 2014/5/ TI - Active Cyber Defense within the Concept of NATO’s Protection of Critical Infrastructures T2 - International Journal of Computer and Systems Engineering SP - 908 EP - 913 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997871 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 88, 2014 N2 - Cyber attacks pose a serious threat to all states. Therefore, states constantly seek for various methods to encounter those threats. In addition, recent changes in the nature of cyber attacks and their more complicated methods have created a new concept: active cyber defense (ACD). This article tries to answer firstly why ACD is important to NATO and find out the viewpoint of NATO towards ACD. Secondly, infrastructure protection is essential to cyber defense. Critical infrastructure protection with ACD means is even more important. It is assumed that by implementing active cyber defense, NATO may not only be able to repel the attacks but also be deterrent. Hence, the use of ACD has a direct positive effect in all international organizations’ future including NATO. ER -