According to SI-CERT data7, 2060 incidents were handled in Slovenia in 2014, which is almost a 6.4fold increase with respect to 2008. The increasing trend regarding the above-mentioned deficiencies of the cyber security assurance system raises concern. Cooperation of stakeholders in cyber security assurance is not formally regulated, however, response centres cooperate informally, unless there is a legal basis for it8. This includes providing information about incidents and help in their resolution, the exchange of experience or the use of existing capacities. An opportunity to establish cooperation is found, inter alia, joint participations in the implementation of international cyber security exercises, organised by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)9. Thus, such cooperation has already been established with some banks, telecommunication providers and electricity distributors. There are two awareness-raising projects: since 2011, SI-CERT has worked to raise national awareness and holding the educational program "Safe on the Internet"10. The project’s key objective, which is targeted at the general Slovenian public, and with a specific set of content also at small enterprises, craftsmen and sole proprietors, is to raise the awareness on the safe use of the Internet. The project, which is financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, is also participating in the campaigns of the European month of cyber security. Within the framework of the Centre for Safer Internet, which is run by a consortium consisting of the Faculty of Social Sciences, ARNES, Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth and the Youth Information and Counselling Centre of Slovenia - MISSS 11 and funded by the Directorate-General Connect of the European Commission and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, SAFE.Si 12, TOM Telephone and the Web Eye projects are being carried out. The SAFE.SI program operates as a national point for raising awareness among children and adolescents about the safe use of the Internet and mobile devices. The TOM Telephone program also informs children and adolescents about the safe use of the Internet and mobile devices. Web Eye is an online reporting point, which – in partnership with the police, prosecution, Ombudsman for Human Rights, Internet service providers, public and other interested governmental and non-governmental organisations – allows anonymous reporting of material allegedly containing instances of the sexual abuse of a minor and hate speech on the Internet, and raises awareness on the problem of illegal web content. In the education sector, IT or cyber security is included in the higher school study programme at the Faculty for Security Studies of the University of Maribor, and in the curricula of study programmes at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science and the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana, at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Maribor, the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Primorska, the Faculty of Information 7 The data for 2014 and the reports for past years are available at https://www.cert.si. E.g., Article 81 of the Electronic Communications Act sets out the procedure of information exchange between AKOS and SI-CERT at the breach of security or integrity. Electronic Communications Act. In: Uradni list RS, 2012, No.109/2012, Article 81. Available at: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=111442. 9 European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) 10 https://www.varninainternetu.si/ 11 Youth Information and Counselling Centre of Slovenia. 12 http://safe.si/ 8 Cyber Security Strategy 5