A/69/112 Republic of Serbia until 2020, adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia in 2010, information security is declared to be one of six priority areas. Serbia does not have a national strategy solely dedicated to information security, but this topic is dealt with in a number of other documents. In October 2013, a special working group was formed and tasked to draft a law on information security. The law is harmonized with the relevant international and European Union legal frameworks and determines the following: information security institutional framework; measures needed to provide enhanced security of ICT systems in the Republic of Serbia, including ICT systems of public bodies and enterprises; norms for prevention coordination in respect of security risks in ICT systems; establishment of the national computer emergency response team; specific security measures and preconditions to be applied in information systems of State bodies; security of classified data in ICT systems; crypto-security and protection from compromising electromagnetic emanations. The ICT Department of the Administration for Joint Services of the Republic Bodies performs the activities related to the protection of information security, data protection and the implementation of prescribed security standards for information systems of State bodies. In the Administration’s annual report, it was stated that within its mandate of protection of State ICT systems, the Department provides protection from cyberattacks on a daily basis, as the network is attacked every day. The Academic Network of the Republic of Serbia performs the computer security incident response activities for the educational and scientific research institutions in the Republic of Serbia. In the Academic Network ’s 2013 annual report, it was declared that there has been an increasing number of incidents compared with 2012. The report identified old equipment as one of the reasons for the increasing number of attacks. Only a well-established national information security culture embraced at every level of society can be effective to locally strengthen the security of national information and telecommunications systems. Similarly, only such well-established national information security systems can be a part of the application of the international information security concepts to strengthen the security of global information and telecommunications systems. The Office of the National Security Council and Classified Information Protection (hereinafter, the National Security Council Office) is the Serbian Government service responsible for coordination of the implementation of national and European Union security policies at the national level (National Security Authority). A specific segment of its activities is reflected in the adoption of information assurance measures and the coordination of the implementation of those measures in Government bodies and other institutions for the purpose of the protection of classified information. In this context, the Decree on special measures for the protection of classified information in information telecommunications systems was passed in 2011 (Official Gazette RS, No. 53/2011). At the international level, since 2011, the National Security Council Office has been an active participant in the Forum of the directors of the South-East European National Security Authorities. One of the Forum’s primary aims is to enhance information assurance and classified information protection in the regional countries, in line with international standards. The National Security Council Office acts as a chief coordinator for developing a regional cyberdefence concept within the framework of the South -East European National Security Authorities. 14/18 14-56479