NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) has published the 12th Tallinn Paper, Young Scholars Edit on Opportunities for Public and Private Attribution of Cyber Operations. The research focuses on opportunities for public and private attribution of cyber operations.

The research authored by Garrett Derian-Toth, Ryan Walsh, Alexandra Sergueeva, Edward Kim, Alivia Coon, Hilda Hadan and Jared Stancombe reveals a fragmentation among actors regarding attitudes towards attribution and information sharing. Authors have also identified factors that reflect positive outcomes for attribution, including developing cyber norms, increasing the role of private sector actors and evolving laws that actively prevent cyber interference.

This issue is the outcome of Indiana University Cybersecurity Risk Management Programme Capstone Project 2020. CCDCOE seeks to help empower upcoming voices in the cooperative cyber defence community by providing a supportive forum for young cyber defence specialists and relevant educational endeavours to share their ideas and build networks.

This publication is a product of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. It does not necessarily reflect the policy or the opinion of the Centre or NATO. The CCDCOE is a NATO-accredited cyber defence hub focusing on research, training and exercises. It represents a community of NATO nations and partners of the Alliance providing a 360-degree look at cyber defence, with expertise in the areas of technology, strategy, operations and law.