Skr. 2016/17:213 1 A comprehensive cyber security strategy 1.1 The need for a strategy Digital transformation is a global phenomenon, impacting basically every part of society. It presents us with major opportunities, but also risks. How we manage the risks inherent in digital transformation has a significant impact on our ability to maintain and enhance both our prosperity and our security. Today, cyber security concerns the whole of society. Everyone needs to take responsibility for cyber security issues if we are to achieve an effective and secure management of information. No one can resolve the security challenges alone, and with many different stakeholders working in different ways and in different contexts, collaboration and a common direction become particularly important. In particular, the need for collaboration between the public and private sectors is growing in importance. Technological developments are essentially driven by private market stakeholders, and private stakeholders also own and run major parts of this critical infrastructure. The challenges of the cyber security area are shared with other countries. For this reason, the strategic solutions must also be developed through international collaboration and dialogue on preventive measures, both within the EU and in other international bodies. The demands on society’s cyber security are increasing at an accelerating pace. This development and changes in the use of new technology and new innovations make threats more difficult to detect, risks more difficult to assess and dependencies more difficult to survey. The regulatory changes now being implemented both nationally and within the EU are a means of raising the security requirements and of strengthening the forms and structures for combined cyber security efforts. Digital transformation is one of the biggest changes of our times, and the rapid development of information and communications technology has a major impact on our future. Sweden is at the forefront of technological development. The current expansion of fibre networks and greater mobile coverage represent upgrades to the electronic communications networks. Thus, digital development will be increasingly able to contribute to employment, innovation, efficiency and growth in Sweden. Structured and risk-based cyber security efforts will enable us to ensure society’s continued digital transformation, while also asserting Sweden’s security and national interests, such as human rights and freedoms and the functioning of society. Structured and risk-based cyber security efforts are also an important prerequisite for Swedish growth and competitiveness and a necessity for the private sector to develop and provide competitive goods and services. In order to increase cyber security, there is a need for all the parties concerned to increasingly work together towards common objectives. Against this background, the Government has decided to produce a national cyber security strategy. The strategy is an expression of the Government’s overarching priorities and aims to constitute a platform for Sweden’s continued development work within the area. The main aims of the strategy are to help to create the longterm conditions for all stakeholders in society to work effectively on cyber security, and raise the level of awareness and knowledge throughout society. By means of the strategy, the Government also wants to support the efforts and engagement that 3