collective defence under Article 5 of the founding treaty of NATO. Hungary is
interested in this allied international cooperation for the sake of its own security,
too. Hungary regards the Central and Eastern European region with special
attention, where cybersecurity can be further improved within the framework of
regional cooperations.
8. To address present and future challenges, Hungary lays down the requirement
that the Hungarian cyberspace shall provide a secure and reliable environment:
a)
for individuals and communities to ensure social development and
integration through communication based on liberty, freedom from fear, and
guaranteeing the protection of personal data,
b)
for the business sector to develop efficient and innovative business
solutions,
c)
for future generations to ensure value-based learning and unharmed
collection of experiences resulting in a sound mental development,
d)
for electronic public administration, to promote innovative and cutting-edge
development of public services.
9. In the interest of a free and secure use of cyberspace, Hungary lays downs the
following objectives to be met by aligning the interests of national security,
efficient crisis management and user protection:
a)
to have efficient capabilities to prevent, detect, manage (react), respond to
and recover any malicious cyber activity, threat, attack or emergency, as well as
accidental information leakage,
b)
to provide adequate protection for its national data assets, to ensure the
operational safety of the parts of its critical infrastructures linked to cyberspace,
and to have a rapid, efficient mitigating and recovery capability in case of a
compromise, deployable also during a state of emergency,
c)
to ensure that the quality of IT and communication products and services
necessary for the secure operation of the Hungarian cyberspace meet the
requirements of international best practices, with special emphasis on compliance
with international security certification standards,
d)
to ensure that the quality of education, training as well as research and
development meets the requirements of international best practices, thus
contributing to the establishment of a world-class national knowledge pool,
e)
to ensure that the establishment of a secure cyberspace for children and
future generations meets the requirements of international best practices.
III. Tasks necessary to meet the objectives
10. The cybersecurity situation of Hungary is fundamentally solid. Arising from the
special structure of cyberspace, however, a number of security risks and threats
constituting a strategic challenge to the nation need to be considered. The tools
available for maintaining and improving the level of cybersecurity and to meet the
objectives, as well as the areas affected by fulfilling the tasks are the following:
a)
Government coordination. Primarily, each government institution assumes
its own responsibility for the free and secure use of cyberspace. However, due to
the complexity of this area, these responsibilities can only meet the Government’s
objective regarding a free and secure use of cyberspace through a clear and
efficient government coordination. Therefore, the central government coordination
through the Prime Minister’s Office shall be strengthened, a mandatory step for the