Message from the Prime Minister In today's increasingly connected global world, we are witnessing exploding growth of the digital tool, a source of opportunities and prosperity, but also a potential threat to our security. Indeed, Cyber Attacks are increasingly frequent and sophisticated, which is a real challenge for our country: How to become resilient to the risks of Cyber Space while allowing users the freedom to use a safe and trustworthy space? But also, how to put that trust in place? Trust in the use of personal data and more particularly of sensitive data. Trust in the systems that produce, host, or distribute them. Ultimately, trust in all stakeholders, companies, partners, suppliers, public services, states, whose digital existence has a genuine impact on the lives of our fellow citizens. There is no digital transformation without trust and there can be no trust without Cyber Security. A Cyber Security strategy is therefore an obvious priority, especially that Lebanon is a signatory to the Paris Call1 and remains committed of the need to secure its Cyber Space in the cooperation framework with all its international partners. In the course of preparation of this Strategy, we placed special emphasis on implementing an open and interdepartmental process to involve stakeholders from many public sectors, namely the security services and the judicial branch. Thus, a National Committee was created by Resolution 173, under the direction of the General Secretariat of the High Council of Defense, and Resolution 172 allowing the appointment of a National Coordinator for Cyber Security, all under the authority of the Prime Minister. The Committee participated actively and intensively in workshops and conferences, in exploratory visits organized by the European Union delegation to Lebanon, to European expert missions. In addition, it implemented an academic collaboration with the Lebanese University and Saint-Joseph University, indicating that there is great interest in finding common solutions. I express my gratitude to all those who contributed to this process. 1 On 12 November at the UNESCO Internet Governance Forum (IGF), President Emmanuel Macron launched the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. This high-level declaration in favour of the development of common principles for securing cyberspace has already received the backing of 552 official supporters: 66 States, 139 international and civil society organizations, and 347 entities of the private sector. June 2019 LEBANON NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 4