Unit Name: | Norwegian Cyber Defence Force |
Native Name: | Cyberforsvaret |
Country: | Norway |
Type: | Cyber force |
Size: | 1,200 (2017)[1] |
Command Structure: | Norwegian Armed Forces |
Garrison: | Jørstadmoen Leir |
Commander1: | HM Harald V of Norway |
Commander1 Label: | Commander-in-Chief |
Commander2: | Generalmajor Halvor Johansen |
The Norwegian Cyber Defence Force (no|Cyberforsvaret) is a branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for military communications and defensive cyberwarfare in Norway. The force employs 1,500 people located at more than 60 locations. The main base is at Jørstadmoen in Lillehammer, with a secondary base at Kolsås outside Oslo.
The Cyber Defence was established as its own branch on 18 September 2012,[2] which was originally known as the Norwegian Defence Information Infrastructure (DII).[3]