The last three years have seen the modernisation of NATO's cyber defence capabilities progress from conception to action, with September 2011 marking the moment the procurement and tender process officially began. Damaging attacks on the computer systems of the Estonian government in 2007 were the clear indicator that cyber terrorism is a real and growing threat, one that goes beyond mild technological inconvenience to the potential for huge upheaval and danger. Thus, at 2010's Lisbon summit, NATO's member nations discussed and decided upon a new cyber strategy, pulling together to protect NATO's own vital infrastructure, and the governmental computer systems of all its member nations.
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