Introduction

For the sixth year in a row the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (NATO CCD COE) invited experts from government, academia and industry to Tallinn to discuss recent trends in cyber defence. The 6^th International Conference on Cyber Confl ict (CyCon 2014) brought together an international group of computer technology experts, national security thinkers, strategists, political scientists, policy makers and lawyers, all of whom shared a common interest in cyber defence, and served as a hub for knowledge and networking.