Part Three The Strategy Ultimately, it needs to be “borne in mind that mutual 6. Goal: National and International Cooperation cooperation, openness and understanding is the success to effective cyber security i. Effective cooperation and collaboration on cyber security on a national, European and global basis ” On a national level, most of the measures highlighted earlier essentially call for national cooperation and coordination. Malta is no island in cyberspace. Hence, cooperation and collaboration on cyber security needs to be sustained both locally as well as on a European and on a global level. A co-ordinated approach, among all local key stakeholders in cyber security interacting locally and overseas needs to be ensured so as to ensure synergy of national and international effort, knowledge and expertise within the domain. Information and Communication Technologies within and across OSCE participating states of the related Permanent Council Decision60 • Any other cyber security related initiatives on a European Union and/or on a wider international context. Ultimately, it needs to be borne in mind that mutual cooperation, openness and understanding is the success to effective cyber security61. Thus, active consideration needs to be given to: • Cyber related activities, such as those conducted by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), which may potentially involve both local public as well as private sector organisations • EU legal requirements such as those pertaining to network and information security58 which, among others, calls for a body responsible for coordinating NIS issues and for acting as a single point of contact for cross-border cooperation and communication at EU level, within each Member State • Activities such as those undertaken by the Council of the European Union on cyberdiplomacy59 which aim to foster increased global cyber capacity building, as well as international cooperation and judicial capacity on cybercrime • Confidence Building Measures (CBMS) proposed by the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) which propose, among others, measures of mutual communication, dialogue and collaboration on the security and use of 27 MALTA CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY 2016

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