DIMENSIONS OF CYBERSECURITY CAPACITY
Consultations were premised on the GCSCC Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model3 for
Nations (CMM) which is composed of five distinct dimensions of cybersecurity capacity. Each
dimension consists of a set of factors, which describe and define what it means to possess
cybersecurity capacity therein. Table I below shows the five dimensions with their comprising
factors:
DIMENSIONS
FACTORS
Dimension 1: Cybersecurity
Policy and Strategy
D1.1 National Cybersecurity Strategy
D1.2 Incident Response
D1.3 Critical Infrastructure (CI) Protection
D1.4 Crisis Management
D1.5 Cyber Defence Consideration
D1.6 Communications Redundancy
Dimension 2: Cyber Culture
and Society
D2.1 Cybersecurity Mind-set
D2.2 Trust and Confidence on the Internet
D2.3 User Understanding of Personal Information Protection Online
D2.4 Reporting Mechanisms
D2.5 Media and Social Media
Dimension 3: Cybersecurity
Education, Training and
Skills
D3.1 Awareness-raising
D3.2 Framework for Education
D3.3 Framework for Professional Training
Dimension 4: Legal and
Regulatory Frameworks
D4.1 Legal Frameworks
D4.2 Criminal Justice System
D4.3 Formal and Informal Cooperation Frameworks to Combat
Cybercrime
Dimension 5: Standards,
Organisations and
Technologies
D5.1 Adherence to Standards
D5.2 Internet Infrastructure Resilience
D5.3 Software Quality Protection
D5.4 Technical Security Controls
D5.5 Cryptographic Controls
D5.6 Cybersecurity Marketplace
D5.7 Responsible Disclosure
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See Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM), Revised Edition, available at
https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/cybersecurity-capacity/content/cmm-revised-edition
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