INFORMATION AND CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY OF SRI LANKA 5.3. Introduction of Information and Cyber Security into Curriculums 5.3.1. We will facilitate the Ministry of Education and the National Institute of Education to include information and cyber security as an essential part of the informatics curriculum at 5.3.2. schools. We will facilitate the Ministry of Education to increase school children’s awareness on cyber security. We will also continue to publish the Cyber Guardian (newsletter on cybersecurity) and circulate among school and university students to increase their awareness on latest cyber threats. 5.4. Lifelong Learning Opportunities With the involvement of Open University of Sri Lanka and Vocational Training Institutes we will design basic information and cyber security learning modules for adults. We aim to deliver these courses through the Open University’s distance learning centres, Nenasala Centres, vocational training institutes and accredited training institutes scattered around country. 5.5. Security Ratings for ICT Equipment and Create Awareness Among Citizens We will facilitate the Sri Lanka Standards Institute to develop Security Ratings for ICT products which will enable citizens to have a clear idea of the level of security that a product offers. We will also work with ICT product suppliers’ associations to supply products into the market by enabling security settings by default. Through effective communication channels we will make citizens aware of security ratings and security features of ICT products. Thrust # 6: Development of Public-Private, LocalInternational Partnerships Our Strategy Sri Lankan cyber community as a part of the global Internet community faces many vulnerabilities. Social engineered Trojans attacks, malware attacks, phishing attacks, advanced persistent threats, botnets, ransomware, financial frauds for example are increasingly posing many threats to the Sri Lankan Internet community. The government of Sri Lanka acknowledges that the government alone cannot effectively combat these threats. Collective efforts of end users, academics, private sector hardware and software vendors, Telcos and ISPs, private sector critical infrastructure owners, are essential in battling against these cyber threats. Moreover, cybersecurity cannot be achieved by any one nation alone, and greater levels of international cooperation is needed to confront those actors who seek to disrupt or exploit our networks. Our strategy is to develop a mechanism for cooperation extending beyond government agencies to public-private collaboration, and local- international collaboration in developing a cybersecurity ecosystem