This work has provided certainty and showed us how it is done: The creation and institutionalization of an Agency at the national level, under the authority of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and attached to the General Secretariat of the Higher Council of Defense, seems essential. The Agency will be the authority responsible for securing the information systems and fighting against Cyber Crime. It will also guarantee our protection against Cyber Attacks by implementing our strategy throughout the national territory and will contribute maintaining our digital sovereignty. But this undertaking would be fruitless if we do not perform at the same time a significant effort to raise the awareness of our fellow citizens on the daily risks of the use of digital tools and if we do not encourage the professional training of the key actors. I think the sentence should stop here from a grammatical point of view. If you want to keep the same meaning then it has to be reformulated who will be in charge of protecting the nation in Cyber Space. My project is ambitious: To guarantee a minimum of security for our fellow citizens and for the well-functioning of our democracy and to ensure that this strategy is collectively carried by all the stakeholders in Lebanon as part of an effort at the national and international levels. Today it is necessary to develop a broad cooperation between public authorities, the private sector, and civil society. I therefore appeal to the whole nation for all the stakeholders to participate in this collective effort and for the implementation of this strategy to be effective and beneficial to the interests of our Country. Saad Hariri PRIME MINISTER June 2019 LEBANON NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 5