Cybersecurity guide for developing countries
Figure I.2 – Attacks targeting systems and the security of resources
Figure II.1: Attaques des systèmes et atteintes à la sécurité des ressources
Attacks
and the
of resources
Attaques
des targeting
systèmessystems
et atteintes
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informations
et services
Interception
Interception
Sniffing
Ecoute
Modification
Tampering
Interruption
Disruption
Spoofs
Fabrication
Deniofde
service
Denial
service
AVAILABILITY
DISPONIBILITE
AUTHENTICITE
AUTHENTICITY
INTEGRITY
INTEGRITE
CONFIDEN-
CONFIDENTIALITE
TIALITY
It is not enough to set up points of access to the telecommunication networks. It is necessary to deploy
IT infrastructures and cyberservices that are reliable, maintainable, robust and secure, while respecting
basic human rights and the rights of States. The need to protect systems and valuable information has
to coexist and be made compatible with the parallel protection of the rights and privacy of individuals.
Developing countries need to enter the information society without exposing themselves to excessive
risk, building on the experience acquired in the developed countries and avoiding the danger that a
new factor for their exclusion arises in the form of cybersecurity.
I.2.2
What is at stake with cybersecurity
Social issues, the economy, public policy, human issues: whichever way one looks at it, and whatever
one calls it (IT security, telecom security), cybersecurity touches on the security of the digital and
cultural wealth of people, organizations and countries (Figure I.3). The challenges involved are
complex, and meeting them requires that there be the political will to devise and implement an overall
strategy for the development of digital infrastructures and services which includes a coherent,
effective, verifiable and manageable cybersecurity strategy. The cybersecurity strategy must be part of
a multidisciplinary approach, with solutions in place at the educational, legal, management and
technical level. A strong response to the human, legal, economic and technological dimensions of
digital infrastructure security needs can build confidence and generate welcome economic growth
benefiting all of society.
Mastery of digital information wealth, distributing intangible goods, adding value to content, and
bridging the digital divide are all problems of an economic and social nature, which call for something
more than a one-dimensional, strictly technological approach to cybersecurity.
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