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- FIGURE 30. NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY GUÍA DECIBERDEFENSA
| National cybersecurity 530. National cybersecurity is the part of national security focused on protecting national interests in cyberspace. It is based on three pillars National Cyber Resilience, National Cyber Protection and National Cyber Defense. 531. National cyber resilience is the set of national cybersecurity capabilities centered on the prevention and protection of the nation’s IT networks and systems against cyber attacks, maintaining operations during their course and restoring essential functions after suffering their effects. 532. National cyber resilience is managed on the national CERTs; mainly government, military, critical infrastructure, universities and private sector CERTs. 533. National cyber protection is the set of national cyber security capabilities dedicated to protection against cybercrime and cyberterrorism. It is carried out by specialized units of the police bodies. FIGURE 30. NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY GUÍA DE CIBERDEFENSA ORIENTACIONES PARA EL DISEÑO, PLANEAMIENTO, IMPLANTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO DE UNA CIBERDEFENSA MILITAR 77 534. National cyber defense is the set of national cyber security capabilities (defensive, exploitative and offensive) addressing the defense of national interests against cyber threats from other States or other large-scale cyber threats that could affect national defense. Mainly, it is carried out by cyber defense units of the armed forces, normally organized under a cyber force constituting military cyber defense and can be supported by other State powers if necessary (political, economic, diplomatic, etc.). 535. National cyber defense is a fundamental part of national defense, supporting it in the fulfillment of the mission, contributing to the credible level of deterrence, facilitating cooperation with international organizations, allowing efficient use of resources, minimizing risks to civilian population and its own forces, promoting national defense awareness (cyber defense awareness campaigns, cyber reserve) and cooperating with the private and academic sectors. 536. To achieve robust national cybersecurity, it is necessary to strengthen the three pillars (cyber resilience, cyber protection and cyber defense, as well as to keep close collaboration and cooperation between them and with their international counterparts. 537. Strong national cybersecurity needs a national cybersecurity strategy that is clear (expressed in understandable language at all levels, accurate (setting out effective guidelines and measures tailored to the national situation, realistic (setting concrete achievable goals, and practice (foreseeing the necessary resources for implementation). 538. A national cybersecurity strategy should identify the target end state, define a specific governance model that includes all major national actors, assess main cyber risks to national security, establish concrete measures to mitigate expected cyber risks, facilitate applying the measures with the provision of the necessary resources, and monitoring compliance with and effectiveness of the measures through the establishment of a indicators system. 539. There are some general references for the formulation of a national cybersecurity strategy, such as the Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy” Download 2.54 Mb. Share with your friends:
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