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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