Innovative Conception, Policy and Strategy for Education and Training for Proactive Cyber Counterintelligence and Defence

Petar E. Manev

University of Library Studies and Information Technologies

https://doi.org/10.53656/str2025-5-6-inn

Abstract. The article presents an innovative conception, policy and strategy for education and training for proactive cyber counterintelligence and defense. The research concentrates around complexity and problematics of modern day cyber operations, exercise and preparedness for counterintelligence and defense. The article also exposes current challenges in the cybersecurity domain with regards to planning, preparing, training, execution and training feedback level of successful cyber exercises. The article reviews the gaps found in current cyber concepts for education and training strategies. Based on the long term participation in the largest live fire international cyber exercises and having rich experience and knowledge on the matter the author provides perspective for a new approach for addressing some of the existing gaps in cyber preparedness via way of proposing innovative conception, policy and strategies education and training for proactive counterintelligence and defense, addressing existing nowadays weaknesses during training, planning and execution of cyber operations preparedness scenarios.

Keywords: innovation, policy, education, training, cyber security, cyber-attack, cyber defense, early detection strategies

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