A/69/112 damage, but also because they can be used anonymously and with little effort. Protecting information and communication infrastructure from such disturbances and attacks is in Switzerland’s national interest. In this sense, we welcome the conclusion of the Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security that international law is applicable to ICTs. B. Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and to promote international cooperation in this field On 27 June 2012, the Swiss Federal Government adopted the National strategy for the protection of Switzerland against cyberrisks, thereby laying the foundation for a comprehensive, integrated and holistic approach to tackling cyberrisks. The strategy seeks to improve the early detection of cyberrisks and emerging threats, make Swiss infrastructure more resilient to cyberattacks and generally reduce cyberrisks. The main focus lies on cybercrime, espionage and sabotage. The underlying rational of the strategy is the need for a cybersecurity culture, shared responsibility and the need for a risk-based approach. It advocates stronger coordination at the Government level and fosters private-public partnership and enhanced cooperation in the international arena. The strategy comprises a set of 16 measures, which should be put in place by 2017. In order to guarantee the effective and timely implementation of these measures, the Government of Switzerland adopted a detailed plan for the implementation of the strategy on 15 May 2013. It also established a steering committee, in which the leading agency for the implementation of a specific measure is represented. The steering committee is mandated to secure the coordinated, purposeful implementation of this strategy. Its roles and responsibilities range from ensuring coordination among the relevant Swiss Federal departments 2 and relevant agencies at the local level. At an operational level, the Government has set up a coordination unit which is supposed to support the work of the steering committee. The set of measures ranges from risk and vulnerability analysis, analysis of the threat landscape, continuity and crisis management and competence-building measures to international cooperation and initiatives. The 16 measures can be broken down into four main areas: – Prevention (i.e. risk and vulnerability analysis and threat landscape); – Reaction (i.e. incident handling, active measures and law enforcement); – Continuity (i.e. continuity and crisis management); – Supporting processes (i.e. international cooperation, education and research, legal foundations, etc.). C. Content of the concepts mentioned in paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 68/243 International cooperation is one of the action fields that needs to be strengthened by means of the Swiss national cyberstrategy. Thus, Switzerland is determined to cooperate at the international security policy level so as to encounter the threat in cyberspace together with other countries and international __________________ 2 16/18 Equivalent to a Ministry. 14-56479