French NATIONAL DIGITAL SECURITY STRATEGY — objective 3 STAKES F rance is late in comparison to its partners in terms of raising the awareness of its population to the risks associated with the use of digital technologies and in cybersecurity training. In general, the French neglect good practices when using electronic communication networks. In private use of electronic communication networks, children and adolescents confronted with unsuitable content, exposed to harassment or predation, are the primary victims. In order to break the silence and enable legal proceedings, the youngest subjects should be taught how to proceed when they are victims of digital malevolence. Raising the awareness of everyone is a required prerequisite for elected officials, administrative or business leaders to be able to take «cyber risk» into account at the right level and to choose measures capable of protecting the citizens whom they represent or the organisations that they run, in light of the threats of information or intellectual property theft, violation of personal data, or even exposure to breakdowns in activity and production accidents, with the technological or environmental impacts to which they are potentially exposed. Besides raising the awareness of the youngest subjects, training in digital technology professions should provide future professionals in the field with extensive information systems security skills, which remains currently absent from many higher education programmes. In addition, the content and number of initial training and higher education programmes for cybersecurity professions do not meet the needs of businesses and administrations. 26 OBJECTIVE France will raise children’s awareness of digital security and responsible cyberspace behaviours as of school age. Initial higher education and continuing education will include a section dedicated to digital security adapted to the sector under consideration. ORIENTATIONS > Raising the awareness of all French people. An ambitious awareness-raising programme for all French people should be initiated. Under the command of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research and the State Secretariat for Digital Technology, with the support of the Government’s Information Department and the National Agency for Information Systems Security, a call for a show of interest in the creation of educational content for the general public will be launched. The Ministry of the Interior will continue the «Internet Licence» operation which was initiated in 2014 by the Gendarmerie in collaboration with a private foundation, and taken over by the National Police since the beginning of 2015. This operation makes it possible to raise the awareness of risks and to give advice to more than 300,000 sixth-year students to protect their Internet browsing. The visibility of the “A digital education for all” portal of the CNIL will be reinforced. The associations will be invited to develop advertising campaign projects aimed at increasing trust in digital technology and which could become a part of a «great national cause».