outside the office, send and receive emails, use fax machines and all types of data structures is one of the high priorities of the national structures with responsibilities in the field. The National Cyber Security System (NSCC) is the general framework for cooperation that brings together public authorities and institutions with responsibilities and capabilities in the field, in order to coordinate national actions for cyberspace security, including the cooperation with academia and business trade associations and nongovernmental organizations-NGOs. The National Center for Response to Cyber Security Incidents - CERT-RO is a structure of expertise and research and development in the cyber infrastructure protection, under the coordination of the Ministry for Information Society, which has the capacity to prevent, analyze, identify and respond to cyber security incidents of information systems. Developing cooperation between the public and private sectors in order to ensure cyber security represents a priority for action at the national level, given that cyberspace include cyber infrastructure owned and managed by both the State and private entities. Currently, institutions within the National Cyber Security System creates, at the level of public institutions, the technical and operational framework in order to ensure interoperability between computer security components in order to protect the cyber infrastructure within the public and increase the availability and level of confidence in the specialized public services provided to citizens, businesses and government. Romanian Indicators pertaining to Cyber Security According to a Eurostat survey on ICT3 usage by individuals and households:     45% of the Romanian users use the Internet at least once a week 52% of the Romanian users are at least fairly confident in buying online or online banking 33% of Romanian users are concerned about misuse of the their personal information online 37% of Romanian users are concerned about security related aspects of online payments. 2.2.4 Strategic Lines of Development Strategic Lines of Development for Cyber Security in Romania Strategic Lines of Development Lines of Actions Description Establishing the necessary conceptual and organizational framework for cyber security Establishing and operationalization of the national cyber security system Setting up the platform for cooperation and harmonization of the existing CERT capabilities at national level that should capitalize the tools, will work to strengthen expertise in cyber risk, by fostering synergies between different action plans on cyber security (military and civil, public-private, government, non-government); (Strategic) Responsible: Operative Council for Cyber Security (COSC) 3 http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_404_en.pdf Page 48 of 172

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