6.1 INTRODUCTION Having identified the parties that usually contribute to national strategy development and proposed a process flowchart, we now present the strategy model. Our goal is to define a reference model for countries elaborating new or improving existing national strategies on cybersecurity. As Figure 6 shows, the Global Cybersecurity Agenda is at the heart of our model. We use the GCA along with the Ends-Ways-Means strategy paradigm. We see this is a vital combination as it sets the stage for collaboration between cybersecurity strategists and a diverse group of stakeholders responsible for national policy. 6.1.1 Assumption of Cybersecurity Strategy Model Given that cybersecurity drivers and threats vary across countries, it is essential to state the assumptions behind our model. The model grew out of ITU Expert Missions that used the GCA as a guiding framework. The main themes of these efforts included:  ICTs viewed as an engine for economic improvements that hold promise for citizens;  There was a need to encourage private sector investment in the information and communications sector following liberalisation and de-monopolisation of the sector;  A desire to promulgate a comprehensive set of cybercrime legislation to preserve the evidential weight and ensure admissibility of electronic data in Courts of Law;  A need to protect critical infrastructure in sectors such as banking, transport, energy and utilities, communications and telecoms against major cyber attacks;  Ambitious eGovernment projects aimed at fighting corruption and inefficiency in the public Administration system;  Cybersecurity regarded as critical to major education projects;  ICTs as tools for modernising inefficient governments that relied on insufficient and unreliable information; and  National security concerns due to a weak classified information protection system and thus risk of unauthorised access, modification and destruction of state secrets.