CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY BELGIUM 2.0 – 2021-2025 As part of its mission, the VSSE maintains appropriate contacts with and gathers intelligence from foreign ancillary services, and shares the information received as much as possible with CERT.be and with other relevant partners. 4.7 The Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs The roles of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs in terms of cybersecurity are: - Acting as an International Single Point of Contact at the diplomatic level, both bilaterally and within relevant multilateral organizations (including EU, NATO, OSCE), especially at times of crisis. - Determining Belgium’s representation in international negotiations and dialogues, in consultation with the relevant Belgian authorities. - Informing relevant Belgian authorities of pertinent international evolutions. - Defining a position in international dossiers, in agreement with all the Belgian authorities concerned. - Coordinated or uncoordinated international attribution of malicious cyber activities. - Offering its experience to the competent authorities (CCB), as well as the environment of an international network for observing and analyzing online security problems, such as cyber threats, vulnerabilities in ICT systems, or cyber incidents. 4.8 The National Security Administration (NSA) The National Security Administration is preeminent in the realm of information security, albeit the most sensitive data or “classified” information. 38