evsjv‡`k †M‡RU, AwZwi³, gvP© 11, 2014 9711 efforts of government institutions and leads collaboration with industry. Publicprivate partnership coordination is critical to protecting our critical infrastructure because it enhances information sharing and cooperation on cyber threat identification, incident response and recovery. The Cybersecurity Strategy mandates the Council to perform the roles below: • Developing a comprehensive national plan for securing critical infrastructure and services whether in government or private sector; • Providing national major incident response capacity in an event of significant attacks on critical infrastructure; • Providing government and private sector organizations strategic advice and processes for managing cybersecurity Programmes; • Providing integrated security advice (combining information, personnel and physical) to the government agencies and businesses owning or operating critical information infrastructure to reduce its vulnerability to cyber and other threats; • Acting as the National Technical Authority for Information Assurance for private sector organizations and government agencies in all aspects of cybersecurity; • Working with other government agencies including intelligence agencies to review threat and vulnerability information and distribute advice on the countermeasures to regional and local governmental organizations, private sector, academia and the general public; • Engage in international schemes such as the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) for alerts, early warning and cooperation; • Perform and fund research and development with other agencies to create a new generation of secure cyber technologies. An annual review assesses the effectiveness of the Council’s cybersecurity activities.