3 THE NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY OF MALAWI This section of the Strategy articulates Malawi’s Vision and Mission Statements for Cybersecurity as well as the core elements of Malawi’s approach to improving the cybersecurity posture. 3.1 Vision Malawi’s vision for 2021 is: “A nation with a secure, trusted, resilient and safe cyberspace that promotes a knowledge-based society and socio-economic development” 3.2 Mission Malawi’s mission is: “To develop and deliver effective cybersecurity capacity, services and infrastructure that instills confidence in cyberspace” 3.3 Strategic Goals To achieve the abovementioned Vision, the Government of Malawi will work to achieve the following Seven Strategic Goals: 1. Identify and manage the critical information infrastructure of Malawi 2. Develop and enhance cybersecurity-related capacity, infrastructure, legal, regulatory and other related frameworks. 3. Promote awareness, information sharing and collaboration on cyber security. 4. Enable and continuously improve the safety of vulnerable groups1 in cyberspace, especially the safety of children. 5. Enhance and coordinate the fight against all forms of cybercrime 6. Promote the use of cyberspace to drive social and economic development 1 Where vulnerability is the degree to which a population or individual is unable to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impacts of threats resulting from either the environment or from personal circumstances Page | 13