NATO computer programming event being held in Warsaw
About 60 civilian and military specialists in 13 teams from ten NATO member and partner nations are taking part in the NATO Enterprise Architecture Hackathon, organised by the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and launched in Warsaw on Monday.
The experts are joining together to develop solutions that will be readily available to tackle current and future issues affecting NATO.
"Remember that you are a part of something bigger. Everything that you create here, in cooperation and competition with your friends, is important for the entire alliance. You are building our collective ability, strengthening it. We will try to make use of the technologies that, by Friday, you will work out for us," Deputy Minister of Defense Tomasz Zdzikot said.
He emphasized that "digital and computer techniques have become the domain of almost all processes, including all operational domains, and cyberspace itself has been recognised as an operational domain for military activities."
Plenipotentiary for the Creation of Cyberspace Defense Forces Colonel Karol Molenda pointed to the Hackathon as an example of changes that are taking place in the Polish armed forces, which are betting not only on conventional combat measures, but also on new command, intelligence and guidance systems. He considers the cyberspace defense forces "necessary to ensure security in the domain of cyberspace to the fullest extent."
He stressed that participation in Hackathon itself is a valuable experience. "I'm sure that you will succeed thanks to your fresh minds and fresh approaches," Molenda told the participants of the competition.
As Colonel Dariusz Chruściel from the IT Inspectorate said, the participants will compete in three categories identified by ACT: programming, visualisation and modelling.
Poland is being represented in the programming event by four teams. (PAP)
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