Cyber Rapid Response Team: An Option within Hybrid Threats

The "rules of war" themselves have changed significantly. Nonmilitary options have come to play a greater role in achieving political and strategic goals and, in some situations, are greatly superior to the power of weapons. The role of mobile joint forces operating in an integrated reconnaissance and information environment is rising through the use of new opportunities now available to control and logistic systems [7]. The European Union (EU) and its Member States (MS) continue to face serious and acute threats, which are increasingly taking non-conventional forms, such as radicalization leading to terrorist attacks, chemical attacks, cyber-attacks or disinformation campaigns. All these actions have one thing in common - they seek to destabilize and endanger society and undermine core values. In connection with the foregoing authors created and presented the novel model of hybrid threats. Furthermore, within the same model authors investigate actions for cybersecurity and cyber defence in conditions of increasing challenge of cyber-attacks and the limited capabilities to respond to this threat describing the process of creation and performance of EU Cyber Rapid Response Teams (CRRTs) and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security, introducing novel approach to cybersecurity and cyber defence at the EU level.