CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY BELGIUM 2.0 – 2021-2025
With regard to cybercrime, this is the CYBERCRIME REN, the main coordination of which is done by the Prosecutor-General’s Office in Antwerp. On
policy questions, the CYBERCRIME REN is the appropriate point of contact.
4.4
Defence
The Ministry of Defence is developing a cyber strategy, policy plan, and
the necessary capabilities to support military and intelligence operations
from, as well as conducted in, the cyber domain. These investments will
enable Belgium to have long-term technical/technological capabilities that
will allow it to protect necessary infrastructure from cyberattacks, and if
necessary, to carry out a counter-attack.
The Ministry of Defence will have a high-tech cyber capability to maintain
its freedom of action in and through cyberspace in military operations.
Additionally, the Ministry of Defence supports national cybersecurity
policy by:
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Loyally fulfilling the commitments set forth in the National Cyber
Emergency Plan;
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Engaging its capabilities as needed as a technical expert in support of
specific legal cases or as technical support for specific CERT.be cases;
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Offering senior expertise level malware analysis to national stakeholders;
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Integrating relevant cyber threat intelligence into the national cyber
threat intelligence platform;
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Tracking actors with intentions and capabilities of cyberattacks on
national vital interests and structures;
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Coordinating, where appropriate in consultation with Foreign Affairs and
the CCB, Belgian participation in international cybersecurity exercises;
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Making the mil.cert infrastructure available as a backup site for CERT.
be’s Incident Management, in crisis situations where the national infrastructure is unavailable;
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