Introduction Our world is experiencing rapid and complex changes with the advancement of technological and scientific innovations of this 21St century. Particularly, the appearance of cyberspace as one domain has transformed our world into a small village heralding globalization. Cyber, which is primarily based on the Internet, enabled the world to be interconnected so that any information from anywhere in the world can be accessed in seconds, enabled the connection between people not to be limited in space and time, availed a fast data exchange, fundamentally altered the lifestyle of a human being by changing the social, economic and political realities, and created a new chapter in the life of human being. Hence, it is now becoming a reality that it is not possible to remain out of cyberspace; without cyber, it is now almost impossible to survive as a sovereign country let alone become competent. A country and people that cannot be competent enough in cyberspace cannot maintain its sovereignty in its totality. Cyberspace is an arena of high-security threats and risks. Especially, as cyberspace is an arena engulfed with responsibilities of protecting the cyber sovereignty, ensuring the privacy of individuals, and of facing the paradox attached to the advancement in ICT, ensuring the security of this space is becoming the challenge of all nations. Thus, the countries of the world are giving attention to running the cyber security issues in parallel with the rapid development in ICT to exploit the economic, social, and political benefits and opportunities that the new space availed. Cyber security has become high on the agenda from technologically advanced to developing nations. Consequently, it is a challenging assignment for countries to ensure cyber security. As ensuring cyber security became the question of survival not that of a choice, international institutions and countries of the world are striving 24/7. As a result, many countries formulate policies to make sure that cyber security is ensured. Ethiopia, like any other country, is exploiting the opportunities and facing security challenges that are parallel to the fast-growing ICT infrastructure. In line with this, the country's limited resources, technology dependence and high vulnerability, low cyber security awareness, lack of expertise, and underdeveloped research work pose a security risk. 1