V I . S I C H E R H E I T, S C H U T Z U N D V E RT R AU E N F Ü R G E S E L L S C H A F T U N D W I RT S C H A F T
5. More security in cyberspace
As in the offline world, the government also has a responsibility in the networked world to avert risks and criminality. We acknowledge this responsibility for public IT security and want to play our part in protecting society and
the economy in the digital age. This requires a strategic
realignment of the cyber security architecture and better
resources for security authorities in terms of technology
and staffing.
zzTo do this, we will also provide the Federal Office for
the Protection of the Constitution with the appropriate
infrastructure and technical analysis tools to improve
the analysis of existing data and to make communication patterns much more visible.
zzWe will expand the expertise in the Federal Office for
Civil Protection in the area of impact analysis of cyber
attacks on critical infrastructures.
zzWe will bolster international cooperation in this area,
zzWe are strengthening the Federal Office for Information
Security (BSI). Improving the resources made available
to the BSI will be part of this process.
zzThe National Cyber Response Centre is a platform that
we are using to improve cooperation between specialised authorities. The Centre will be assigned a greater
coordination role in the operational handling of cyber
security incidents.
zzWe are improving technical and staffing resources for
the security authorities and providing them with the
technical and legal capacities they need to perform their
role.
zzWe are strengthening the expertise of the Federal Crimi-
nal Police Office and the Federal Police in the areas of
cyber crime, cyber espionage and cyber security. This
means that we will expand the Cyber Crime Centre,
which analyses and investigates incidents in these areas,
in the Federal Criminal Police Office. We will thus house
the processing of all Internet activities relating to these
incidents under one roof.
zzWe will adapt the criminal law to the digital age and in
particular close any loopholes in criminal law relating to
the handling of stolen data.
zzIn the area of cyber espionage, we will reinforce meas-
ures implemented by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to raise awareness of business
security.
zzWe will strengthen the Federal Office for the Protection
of the Constitution strategically and organisationally
to enable a better response to changes in the types of
communication and the communication behaviour of
terrorists and extremists.
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e.g. with ENISA (European Network and Information
Security Agency) and Europol‘s European Cybercrime
Centre.