A/65/154 comprehensive information protection systems within them, irrespective of the type and criticality of the information being processed and the type and complexity of the information and telecommunications system. Moreover, all the basic approaches to the elaboration of requirements, design, development, security assessment and protection of information resources in information and telecommunications systems as a whole correspond to the approaches employed by the State security services of the Member States of the United Nations and the member States of the European Union. 25. With a view to training specialists in the field of information security and computer engineering, an Institute for Information Protection has been set up as an academic and scientific department of the State University of Information and Communications Technologies. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [Original: English] [2 June 2010] 1. The United Kingdom is pleased to respond to General Assembly resolution 64/25, Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. 2. We consider this to be a most important topic, vital to individual nations, their commerce, the protection of their citizens and in the broader context of international security. The United Kingdom devotes considerable effort so as to make cyberspace a safer place for all nations and we welcome international activities in this sphere, as we believe that all nations should cooperate in promoting a safe and resilient environment in cyberspace. General appreciation of the issues of information security 3. We believe that a secure cyberspace is vital to today’s world. Citizens, commerce, critical national infrastructure and government are increasingly dependent on the Internet. Any event that adversely affects the Internet service within a nation is likely to have consequences for that nation, perhaps of a severe nature. It is an unfortunate fact that there is likely to be a number of threat actors, both external and internal to any nation, who may attempt to disrupt or manipulate the Internet service for any of a number of reasons. Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and promote international cooperation in the field 4. The United Kingdom continues to work domestically and internationally so as to promote safer cyberspace. Domestically, we published our National Cyber Security Strategy in June 2009. This document underpins the national effort on information security. The Strategy calls for two new organizations, the Office of Cyber Security and the Cyber Security Operations Centre. The organizations have been established and continue to grow. There are three computer emergency response teams (CERTs) run by the United Kingdom government and which provide a specialist service to United Kingdom critical national infrastructure, military and other government networks. Internationally, we are also active in this work. Our 14 10-45842