5.2
Promote and strengthen international cooperation
5.2.1 Global nature of cyberspace means that a risk or cyber attack has a
potential of being a risk or cyber attack of the globally. Therefore,
international collaboration is critical in securing cyberspace nationally and
globally. Such efforts must ensure that effective cooperation at all levels of
society public, government and business. There is a need to develop a
framework of engagement at multilateral level that will ensure South Africa:
Effectively
participate,
influence
and
implements
the
Global
Cybersecurity Agenda.
Supports collaborative efforts of institution such a Forum for Incident
Response and Security Team FIRST) and International Multilateral
Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT).
Supports and promotes the development of international understanding
and consensus on cybersecurity matters.
Facilitate that South Africa complies with international agreements and
commitments.
Ensure that South African cyberspace not only meets international
standards and best practices but also guarantees a sense of security.
In this regard, this Policy seeks to ensure cooperation in Cybersecurity
regionally, continentally and globally in accordance with South Africa’s
foreign policy strategic objectives and global governance.
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CONTINOUS INNOVATION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND
COMPLIANCE
The dynamic nature of Cybercrime has necessitated the continuos development of
R & D capabilities and requisite skills to mitigate cybercrime. This policy seeks to:
6.1
To build capacity and promoting culture of Cybersecurity
6.1.1 Resolution 57/239 0f 2002 of the United Nations identifies the following
elements for creating
a global
culture
of cybersecurity: awareness,
responsibility, response, ethics, democracy, risk assessment, security design
and implementation, security management, and reassessment;
6.1.2 Cybercrime and threat affect all spheres of our society, there is a need to
develop capacity to deal with these issues such as developing specialized
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