Assessing Sweden's Current Cybersecurity Landscape: Implications of NATO Membership

Nike Henriksén, Isak Lexert, Jakob Bergquist Dahn, Simon Hacks

2025

Abstract

Sweden’s recent NATO membership marks a significant shift in the country’s national security strategy, particularly concerning cybersecurity. This study has assessed the current cybersecurity landscape in Sweden by conducting interviews with experts within the public sector and through document analysis. The interviewees included academics, researchers, and government officials from the municipal level to parliament. The study concludes how the threat environment has evolved following Sweden’s NATO membership. The study has identified key cyber threats facing Sweden, primarily from state-sponsored actors such as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups and cybercriminal organizations targeting critical infrastructure. The study has also found disparities in cybersecurity preparedness between Sweden’s military and civilian sectors. The study emphasizes the need to strengthen civilian cybersecurity to reach a similar preparedness as the military to adapt to NATO’s requirements and standards.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Henriksén N., Lexert I., Dahn J. and Hacks S. (2025). Assessing Sweden's Current Cybersecurity Landscape: Implications of NATO Membership. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP; ISBN 978-989-758-735-1, SciTePress, pages 209-216. DOI: 10.5220/0013117800003899

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp25,
author={Nike Henriksén and Isak Lexert and Jakob Dahn and Simon Hacks},
title={Assessing Sweden's Current Cybersecurity Landscape: Implications of NATO Membership},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP},
year={2025},
pages={209-216},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013117800003899},
isbn={978-989-758-735-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP
TI - Assessing Sweden's Current Cybersecurity Landscape: Implications of NATO Membership
SN - 978-989-758-735-1
AU - Henriksén N.
AU - Lexert I.
AU - Dahn J.
AU - Hacks S.
PY - 2025
SP - 209
EP - 216
DO - 10.5220/0013117800003899
PB - SciTePress