CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS 2012
development of the necessary skills, training and awareness in security topics, for those that
are directly involved and also for the public,
productive collaboration between the public and private sector, on both the national and
international level,
creation or adaptation of the necessary structures and instruments within the competent
authorities and the more generally the Cyprus Government, to secure the demands and
capabilities of immediate incident response.
3.2
Splitting the Actions – Phases A and B
The rest of this chapter presents the actions that have been identified for the implementation of the
strategic plan. Current organisational structures and available resources are not at a level that would
allow an immediate start to all of the actions that have been identified, and as such each action
description that follows also indicates the phase in which it will be executed:
Phase A
o Phase A includes all of the actions that OCECPR is in a position to start in the immediate
future with the resources that are currently available to it.
Phase B
o Phase B includes the actions that OCECPR will be in a position to coordinate once a new
organisational structure has been developed, with the necessary resources to carry out
the implementation of this Strategy in its entirety.
Each action description mentions the phase in which it will be executed and the actions that mention
both phases will be partly completed in each phase. It is noted that this does not mean that actions
implemented in Phase A will necessarily be completed within that phase. The majority of the actions of
this Strategy will continue to be executed on a long-term basis for the continued protection of
cyberspace in Cyprus.
3.3
Organisational Structure
The area of network and information security is a very large and complicated subject, and one which
involves a number of stakeholders, as shown in section 2.3. Each competent or relevant authority has
its own areas of responsibility and it is important to uphold these differences. However, due to this
multi-stakeholder approach to security matters, it is vital for all involved to understand and accept that
the maintenance of acceptable levels of security in the electronic world can be accomplished only via
cooperation between the different stakeholders involved, within a framework of coordinated response
to the various threats that have already been mentioned.
It follows that the coordination of the competent or relevant governmental authorities is absolutely
necessary. This coordination activity is productive when performed by an entity which is in a position to
organise and coordinate the various actions of the Republic of Cyprus for correct response to the threats
that are around today, as well as rising and new threats in cyberspace. This entity must have:
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