A/71/172
public and private organizations, law enforcement personnel, academics and
individuals in general in Colombia are able to depend on a reliable and secure
digital environment that maximizes economic and social benefits, boosting
competitiveness and productivity in all sectors of the economy. The policy is the
result of a process that engaged multiple stakeholders and it is one of the first
national policies in the world — and the first in the region — to incorporate the
digital security risk management recommendations issued in September 2015 by the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The policy provides, first of all, for the establishment of a clear institutional
framework for digital security. To that end, coordination and advisory bodies for
digital security will be established at the highest level of government and cross sectoral liaison units will be set up in all agencies of the national executive branch.
Secondly, the right conditions will be created to enable multiple stakeholders to
manage digital security risk in their socioeconomic activities, and to generate
confidence in the use of the digital environment, by establishing mechanisms for
active ongoing participation, ensuring an appropriate legal and regulatory
framework and providing training in responsible behaviour in the digital
environment. Thirdly, national defence and security in the digital environment will
be strengthened at the national and transnational levels, adopting a risk management
approach. Lastly, but no less importantly, standing mechanisms will be established,
with a strategic focus, to promote cooperation, collaboration and assistance in the
area of digital security at the national and international le vels.
(b)
70/237:
The content of the concepts mentioned in paragraph 3 of resolution
Colombia, as a member of the most recently established Group of
Governmental Experts (2014-2015), fully agrees that there is a need for further
examination of the concepts relating to the security of information and global
telecommunications systems and matters related to the application of international
law in cyberspace.
(c) Possible measures that could be taken by the international community to
strengthen information security at the global level:
In line with the above, we fully endorse the important recommendations issued
by consensus by the experts who were members of the Group of Governmental
Experts, including in relation to the voluntary adoption of measures and good
practices, as well as capacity-building and cooperation by States to promote the
peaceful use of information and communications technologies, so that they continue
to serve as economic and social development tools for countries, especially those
that are less technologically advanced.
Cuba
[Original: Spanish]
[6 May 2016]
Cuba shares the concern expressed in resolution 70/237 that information
technologies and means can potentially be used for purposes that are inconsistent
with the objectives of maintaining international stability and security and may
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