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The Centre for Cyber Security has also launched its own intensive Cyber
Academy and broadly supports education and research within the field of
cybersecurity. Likewise, the Agency for Digital Government developed several
courses, learning materials and events on cybersecurity and information security
aimed at chief executives, cyberspecialists and public employees.
In addition, the Agency for Digital Government has developed the website
www.sikkerdigital.dk, which offers concrete cybersecurity and information security
guidance to citizens and runs national campaigns on secure digital behaviour in close
cooperation with municipalities and regions.
Denmark has established a public-private Cybersecurity Council
(Cybersikkerhedsråd), which provides the Government with advice on how to
strengthen cybersecurity and improve knowledge-sharing between authorities,
business and researchers. Finally, with the Danish cyber and information security
strategy for the period 2018–2021, Denmark also strengthened its international cyber
engagement, allowing the country to step up its engagement in multinational
cyberforums such as the United Nations, the European Union, the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Organization for Security and Coop eration in
Europe (OSCE).
In December 2021, the Government presented a new national cybersecurity and
information security strategy for 2022–2024. The strategy builds on and expands the
current efforts by further strengthening cybersecurity and informatio n security
through 34 main initiatives aimed at the public and the private sectors, as well as
Danish citizens in general. Overall, the strategy includes four main objectives:
(a) First, the strategy further strengthens the resilience of the critical
information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure that supports vital
societal functions. To ensure an adequate level of cybersecurity for both government
agencies and businesses, a series of strategic actions, including tightened security
requirements for the management of government ICT systems critical to society and
a strengthened police response to cybercrime, has been launched. The strategy also
expands the number of critical sectors to include a wider range of government
agencies with responsibility for information technology-supported vital societal
functions. Government agencies within these critical sectors are required to comply
with a number of specific security requirements in addition to the minimum
requirements that were previously introduced in the 2018–2021 strategy. This is to
ensure that ministries with a particular responsibility for vital societal functions are
able to act quickly and efficiently in the event of a serious cyberincident;
(b) Second, the strategy includes a number of initiatives that strengthen
Danish citizens’ cybersecurity skills and increase management’s commitment to
strengthening cybersecurity. Among the initiatives are new dedicated training
programmes for government employees, as well as educational program mes that
equip children, young people and adults with the competences necessary to be
digitally literate. Furthermore, top managers and leaders face increased requirements
and expectations to prioritize cybersecurity and information security;
(c) Third, the strategy strengthens cooperation on cybersecurity and
information security between the public and private sectors. The ability to share
knowledge and experiences across sectors is vital to achieve a high level of
cybersecurity and information security. For this reason, a cyberhotline, which will
make it easy to seek advice in relation to cybercrime, as well as a dedicated
cybersecurity unit for small and medium-sized enterprises, will be established in
order to strengthen the capacity of the Centre for Cyber Security to provide guidance;
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