In today’s world of global reliability on information, the transit and storing of that information and the growing occurrence of cyber-attacks, there is a need to protect data that is coming into, stored and used in a NATO common operating picture and also ensure that the data are reliable, integral and free of malicious content. Although the establishment of a NATO common operating picture of any sort will be dependent upon member nations sharing their information, all information needs to be adequately protected while transiting and while being fused into the common operating picture