NATO has completed a multi-year project that involved enhancing Mongolia’s cyber defense capabilities.
The project involved setting up a cybersecurity center for the Mongolian Armed Forces, providing specialised training and equipment and necessary technical support.
The new Center and Cyber Incident Response Capability was recently inaugurated virtually by Nato deputy secretary-general Mircea Geoană and Mongolia’s Minister of Defence Saikhanbayar Gursed.
At the event, Geoană said that the project, which ran between 2017 and 2020, will improve the resilience and security of Mongolia’s information technology systems.
The capability will allow Mongolian Armed Forces to respond to cyber attacks and collaborate with other nations on cybersecurity.
Mongolia is a Nato partner, and the Nato Science for Peace and Security Programme has played an important role in developing practical cooperation.