The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) will host the next iteration of the Executive Cyber Seminar in Brussels from 14–16 April. The seminar will provide senior civilian and military leaders with strategic and operational perspectives on how NATO and its Allies prepare for, operate in, and sustain advantage in cyberspace across the full spectrum – from competition to crisis and armed conflict.
The seminar confronts a fundamental challenge: the majority of critical infrastructure, digital services, and key cyber capabilities remain outside direct military control. National resilience and operational effectiveness depend on how well governments synchronize efforts with industry, regulators, armed forces, and international partners before, during, and beyond contingencies.
Key themes include:
- Recent developments in NATO cyber doctrine, operational concepts, and legal frameworks, and their implications for national authorities.
- The integration of cyber effects into Multi-Domain Operations and the requirement for continuous, nationally coordinated operational planning to stay ahead of adaptive adversaries.
- Practical methods to strengthen public-private cooperation at the operational level, including the structured use of private-sector and volunteer capabilities.
- Lessons identified from Ukraine, including persistent cyber campaigning, rapid capability integration, and whole-of-society mobilization.
- Emerging challenges such as AI-enabled cyber capabilities, information and cognitive threats, and the protection of critical and dual-use infrastructure, including the coordination demands they place on nations.
Discussions are grounded in operational reality: decision-making under pressure, legal and sovereignty constraints, information-sharing barriers, and the practical limits and advantages of cross-sector cooperation.
This seminar is intended for leaders responsible for national policy, operational planning, and strategic coordination within the Alliance.
Military participants can register via the procedure described on the CCDCOE website Training section here.
Senior-level public and private sector participants who are not military personnel are invited to contact the Course Director, Major John William Dall, regarding eligibility and registration procedures ([email protected]).
Seats are limited.