The National Cybersecurity Strategy (ENCS, for short in Spanish acronym) defines objectives and cross-cutting themes, sets out the guiding principles, identifies the different stakeholders involved and gives clarity on the articulation of efforts between individuals, civil society, private, and public organizations in the field. It also presents the governance model for the strategy’s implementation, monitoring and evaluation. In Mexico, the Federal Government, in its role as facilitator, promoted spaces for dialogue, discussion, and learning through different fora and workshops in a collaborative process called “Towards a National Cybersecurity Strategy”. The workshops took place between March and October 2017. During these meetings, the different stakeholders shared ideas, concerns and proposals on cybersecurity which showed great coincidences on the elements that the Strategy should address, such as the need: To articulate the development of cybersecurity actions that serve individuals, companies, and public agencies of the Mexican State. ● To collaborate and cooperate across the different sectors as a key element for the development, monitoring and evaluation of the strategy. ● To learn the dimension of risks and threats in cyberspace, the state of cybersecurity in the country, the development of a national assessment, as well as to obtain evidence to improve decision making processes on cybersecurity. ● To consider the global context as part of the challenge, and diplomacy as a way to establish dialogue and agreements to address cybercrimes, risks and threats. ● To develop specialized human capital in cybersecurity matters. ● To promote the responsible use of ICTs and reinforce a culture of cybersecurity that includes awareness, education, and training. In the case of Mexico, although it is true that there was no strategy per se, during the current administration actions were taken by the Government here were exercises and valuable efforts in the matter by the civil society, private organizations, academia, technical community and public agencies across the different powers and levels of government. ●

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