At the upcoming summit in Warsaw , ' cyber ' is thought to be become an official operational domain of warfare , alongside land , sea , air and space . Major General Ludwig ##hos , a senior German defence ministry official , has said that all 28 NATO countries were expected to agree to the change . Leinhos also expects them to agree to speed - up their efforts in the area of cyber security . In 2011 , the US announced it regarded cyberspace as a domain of war and would respond to threats there in the same way it would respond to threats elsewhere . Meanwhile , a senior official at mit , Evert ##v , has called for pan - European or worldwide standards to be adopted in the cyber realm .
At the upcoming summit in Warsaw, 'cyber' is thought to be become an official operational domain of warfare, alongside land, sea, air and space. Major General Ludwig Leinhos, a senior German defence ministry official, has said that all 28 NATO members were expected to agree to the change. Leinhos also expects them to agree to step-up their efforts in the area of cyber security. In 2011, the US announced it regarded cyberspace as a domain of war and would respond to attacks there in the same way it would respond to threats elsewhere. Meanwhile, a senior official at Airbus, Evert Dudok, has called for pan-European or worldwide standards to be adopted in the cyber realm.