History and way ahead

2009

• June 17th-19th: First Conference on Cyber Warfare takes place in Tallinn
• June 9th: German Minister of Defence Mr Franz Josef Jung visited the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
• May 26th-28th: Third Steering Committee meeting is held in Tallinn
• May 5th: His Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos visited the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
• January 6th: President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves visits the CCD COE

2008

• November 11th: U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates announces the U.S. will join CCD COE as a Sponsoring Nation
• November: Turkey indicated its intention to join CCD COE as a Sponsoring Nation
• October 28th: the North-Atlantic Council grants CCD COE full NATO accreditation and CCD COE obtains the status of International Military Organization (IMO)
• October 28-29: the CCD COE Steering Committee convenes for the second time and approves the budget and the Programme of Work (PoW) for 2009
• May 14th: the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed by Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovak Republic, and Spain
• February: budget and PoW negotiations begin
• January: MoU Conference held in Tallinn and MoU signed by the Sponsoring Nations

2007

• Core staff participates in NATO projects for the first time
• CCD COE conducts an analysis of the cyber attacks against Estonia
• MoU negotiations held between potential Sponsoring Nations

2006

• CCD COE initial operating capability is reached
• CCD COE Concept is approved by the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT)
• Core staff of 10 Estonian experts is assigned to CCD COE
• Renovation of the new CCD COE facility is complete

2004

• The CCD COE concept is developed in Estonia and proposed to NATO

2003

• December 4th: the NATO Military Committee approves the concept for Centres of Excellence within NATO, advising them to strive for interoperability between member states