MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS It’s worth noting that 100% of the companies indicated they had a policy or internal procedures to guarantee the security and privacy of the internal information and their users. The above s h o w s this i s a n important subject for the sector’s companies and they have searched for mechanisms to ensure the integrity of that information. Despite only one third of the consulted companies state having detected possible threats or experiencing an attack over the last year, 100% affirm having their essential infrastructure i d entified; 83% count w i t h procedures t o control a n d monitor changes made on it. Similarly, the totality of operators and suppliers of telecommunications services surveyed mention having engineers dedicated to cybernetic security-related labors, and in 83% of the cases, have received some kind of training last year. These results show how companies have taken measures on this subject and prepared their personnel. However, from the answers we could extract companies do not coordinate between themselves facing cyberattacks or share information; also, cases are not all documented. In addition, the efforts to disseminate information between the users, made by operators and suppliers diverge and don’t reflect a coordinated objective; this is also a topic which should be contemplated by the strategy. 3.3.4 National Digital Certification System Through the enactment of Act Nº 8454, of Certificates, Digital Signatures and Electronic Documents, the legal grounds were implemented to issue and use digital signature certificates in the country, providing the legal security necessary so that electronic documents signed digitally had the same value as documents with handwritten signature. In August of 2009, the Digital Certification System was launched; it was designed to offer safer online transactions. According to the Law, the agency issuing digital certificates should be registered with the Digital Signature Certifiers Management (DCFD) of MICITT and ensure compliance to the standards of security and operation endorsing electronic transactions. The existing legal framework in the country allows guaranteeing the transactions’ legal security; the protection of consumers’ rights and credibility of the national digital certification system while endorsing the transactions electronically, giving legal equivalence t o physical documents and those issued by electronic means. The system’s regulation and the guidelines are enacted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT).21 - 26 www.micitt.go.cr