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Each Member State shall establish a National Cyber Security Council or its equivalent
as a special (separate) entity or component of the National Security Council. The NCC
shall serve as a high-level liaison center for cyber security in the Member State and
adopt or approve the policies put forward for implementation of the said policy by the
National Cyber Security Authority or its equivalent in the Member State, namely:
I.
National cyber security policy and strategy;
II.
National cyber security priorities and initiatives;
III.
Coordination of cyber security measures at national level;
IV.
Identification of the protagonists responsible for cyber security in the economy
and establishment of the public-private relations required to address cyber
security issues;
V.
Collaboration with several government services or agencies such as intelligence
services, security services, the general directorate for security, the police force,
technological crime unit, etc, for the purpose of establishing standards and
uniform investigation procedures and developing an institutional consensus;
VI.
Collaboration with the structures responsible for application of the law at regional
or international level;
VII.
Surveillance of government information systems and essential infrastructure;
VIII.
Coordination of measures and development of digital identity systems as well as
management and best practices in digital identity, among other things; and
IX.
Development of standard training and capacity-building programmes for the
agencies and the creation of a national platform for the purpose of coordinating
technical assistance and training initiatives at international level.
Article III – 1 – 16: National Cyber Security Authority (NCA)
1) It is highly recommended that each Member State adopt measures with a
view to establishing a National Cyber Security Authority with responsibility to
devise a national cyber security policy and strategy in the Member State and
also to coordinate all national initiatives in matters of cyber security pursuant
to Article 19 of the Directives.
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