Publications of the Prime Minister’s Office 2024:13 5.1 Pillar I: Competence, technology and RDI A competent, innovative and inventive cyber ecosystem. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE AREA: • Cybersecurity competence is strong at all levels of education and training, and of society and work. • • Everyone recognises their responsibility for cybersecurity. • Cybersecurity knowledge capital is protected, with Finland pursuing self-sufficiency in critical cryptographic technology. • Finland ensures the appeal of the RDI environment and promotes the competitiveness of businesses in the cybersecurity sector. • Opportunities for cooperation and funding through the EU and NATO are fully applied. Finland harnesses the benefits of emerging and disruptive technologies and requires integrated security in devices, software and services. An evolving cybersecurity ecosystem The cybersecurity ecosystem broadly encompasses private and public sector actors, the competence and capacities of various levels of society, cooperation between actors and their operating methods, and a strong Finnish cyber industry and research institutions. The cyber ecosystem seeks to generate vitality and growth, provide more jobs in the cybersecurity sector, create the required expertise, and strengthen the resilience and self-sufficiency of the digital society and its resistance to various cyber domain phenomena. A functioning and inventive cyber ecosystem increases productivity and efficiency and improves the quality of services. A balance between threats and opportunities is sought in partnership with cybersecurity ecosystem actors to enable sustainable economic growth. Strong domestic research, development and innovation (RDI) and successful commercial operations in the cybersecurity sector are crucial for developing and maintaining a functional cybersecurity ecosystem. This is also required for strengthening the reliability of societal functions and competitiveness. 23