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NATO renews security contract with Microsoft

Microsoft will protect NATO from cyber attacks

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MUMBAI, INDIA: Microsoft has renewed its 12-year-old agreement with NATO.

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Affirming the development, Glenn Pittaway, Senior Director, Trustworthy Computing Government and Industry Programs, Microsoft, wrote in a blog post, “This signing is the latest step in our 12-year cyber security relationship with NATO, and is a first for the parties using the GSP’s newly-expanded capabilities. Through this agreement, the NCI Agency will gain access to technical information and documentation about Microsoft products and services, as well as information about Internet safety, threat intelligence, online training tools, and guidance to help mitigate the effects of cyber attacks across the region.”

"NATO is facing new and increasingly dangerous threats to cyber security across the world and these threats could affect national economies and citizens. To avoid it, NCI Agency strongly believes in rapid and early information sharing on threats and vulnerabilities with leader companies worldwide, such as Microsoft. Trust is the key to success,” said Koen Gijsbers, General Manager, NCI Agency.

Under the GSP, Microsoft Redmond will provide vulnerability and threat intelligence information to the NCI, including controlled access to source code for its core enterprise products.

Products covered by the GSP include Windows (currently up to 8.1), Windows Server up to 2012 R2, Office 2007, 2010, and 2013, Lync 2013, SharePoint 2010, and versions 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 of Windows Embedded CE.

The program is supported by a Transparency Center in Brussels that opened in June 2015, where signatory governments can look at source code covered by the GSP, as well as reviewing Azure and Office 365 cloud products.

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