A/74/120 arrangement, which is an international arrangement for the mutual recognition of common criteria certificates across 30 nations. The common criteria are a technical standard applied to the evaluation and certification of information technology security products and are widely adopted by both Governments and the industry. Singapore is now one of 18 out of 30 certificate-authorizing nations under the arrangement. As such, Singapore is allowed to certify information technology security products locally, thereby helping to improve the quality of cybersecurity products of small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore by benchmarking them against intern ational security standards; (c) Developing a vibrant cybersecurity ecosystem. Singapore recognizes that strengthening cybersecurity involves building the cyberecosystem and encouraging innovation within the industry. To this end, Singapore launched its first integrated cybersecurity entrepreneur hub in March 2018, called the Innovation Cybersecurity Ecosystem at Block71, which is aimed at strengthening Singapore ’s growing cybersecurity ecosystem by attracting and developing competencies and deep technologies to help to mitigate the rapidly increasing cybersecurity risks. It also helps to develop cybersecurity start-ups around the world, through a range of programmes designed to support entrepreneurs, from idea creation to acceleration and scaling-up of cybersecurity start-ups for the global market. Turkey [Original: English] [10 May 2019] Information and communications technology (ICT) has become an essential part of society and the economy. It is used in a broad network that includes the public sector, the private sector, critical infrastructure and individuals, and has become widespread in our country and as well as in the world. As a result of this, ICT plays an important role for sustainable growth and development. However, the more we use technology, the more we become dependent on it and prone to the risks it brings forth. Individuals, companies, critical infrastructure and States encounter serious problems because of cyberthreats. The diffusion of technology throughout all dimensions of our liv es has led us to a new stage with respect to associated risks in the context of cybersecurity. Ensuring cybersecurity is not only a necessity for coping with threats in technology -intensive areas but also a prominent factor affecting nations ’ prosperity and national security because of the risks it poses to the course of social and economic life. Security weaknesses in ICT may cause such systems to go out of service or be exploited, or may lead to eventual loss of life, large-scale economic loss, disturbance of public order or compromises to national security. Turkey focuses on taking measures necessary to improve national cybersecurity and has been implementing the national cybersecurity strategy and action plan that covers the period from 2016 to 2019 with the mission of establishing national cybersecurity, designating and coordinating efficient and sustainable policies and realizing the practice of these policies. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure is the body responsible for making policies and developing strategies and action plans on national cybersecurity in Turkey. Within this context, the national cybersecurity strategy and action plan were created by involving all the relevant stakeholders in study groups, under the coordination of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. The strategy and action plan have two main objectives: first, for all stakeholders to acknowledge the understanding that cybersecurity is an integral part of national 19-10580 35/39