I. The cyber security environment in Hungary 3. Cyberspace means the combined phenomenon of globally interconnected, decentralised and ever-growing electronic information systems as well as the societal and economic processes appearing in and through these systems in the form of data and information. The Hungarian cyberspace includes the parts of the electronic information systems of the global cyberspace which are located in Hungary, as well as the societal and economic processes appearing in and through the electronic systems of the global cyberspace in the form of data and information that take place in, are directed to, or affect Hungary. 4. The increasing number and various sources of threats emerging in cyberspace as well as the increasing order of magnitude of their consequences indicate that the number and efficiency of public and non-public users has grown rapidly for the past decade who use cyberspace to illegally acquire critical data or information and disrupt communication and information systems. Our vital electronic information systems and consequently, the functioning of our critical infrastructures are threatened by a new form of warfare, information warfare, making cyberspace one of the most important theatres in modern warfare. In addition to the damage caused by external factors, the inadequate regulation of the operational security of the information and communication systems constituting cyberspace poses a further risk. Dynamic emerging new technologies, such as cloud computing or mobile Internet, lead to the continuous evolution of new security risks. One of the key objectives of this Strategy is to create awareness and capacity at the political and professional decision making level which can manage the new cyber security challenges arising from technological progress by flexibly adapting to them in the foreseeable future. 5. Cyber security is the continuous and planned taking of political, legal, economic, educational, awareness-raising and technical measures to manage risks in cyberspace that transforms the cyberspace into a reliable environment for the smooth functioning and operation of societal and economic processes by ensuring an acceptable level of risks in cyberspace. II. Hungary’s set of values, vision and objectives relating to cybersecurity 6. The protection of Hungary’s sovereignty in the Hungarian cyberspace is a national interest, too; a free, democratic and secure functioning of the Hungarian cyberspace based on the rule of law is regarded as a fundamental value and interest. In Hungary, the freedom and security of cyberspace is ensured through the close cooperation and coordinated activities between Government, academia, business sector and civil society based on their shared responsibility. 7. Hungary aims at establishing and maintaining trust-based cooperation with all public and private actors of the global cyberspace sharing the same set of values with Hungary, and endevours to guarantee free and secure use of the global cyberspace through its allies and international relations, particularly the EU and the NATO, the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations, the Council of Europe and other international organisations in which the country is a member. Being aware of the fact that threats and attacks emerging in cyberspace may escalate to the level requiring allied cooperation, Hungary considers it highly important that cybersecurity has become an issue for