French NATIONAL DIGITAL SECURITY STRATEGY — objective 4
to create a zone of digital trust and security. The work
initiated with Germany on cloud computing or secured
messaging is moving in this direction.
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Integrating the requirements for cybersecurity
in public contracting and support.
For the protection of its sovereignty and notably the
protection of its information concerning the national
defence secret, France will preserve its financial and industrial capacity to develop solutions with the highest
levels of security.
In general, the entire administration should set an
example in public contracting by integrating the right
level of security criteria in its choices of digital products
and services.
Finally, as of 2016 any product or service that is embedded in or is based on an information system and
wants to answer a call for tenders, a request for public
projects, or be eligible for public funds, will benefit
from a bonus factor if it is accompanied by a cybersecurity risk analysis that corresponds to the intended use
of the product or service.
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Supporting export and internationalisation of
the businesses in the sector.
To support the economic development of the cybersecurity industrial sector, France will endeavour
to reinforce the visibility and competitiveness of the
French offer worldwide and to facilitate access of SMEs
and start-ups notably to the international markets.
Inter-ministerial coordination will be structured
and reinforced. An adapted French business support
organisation will be established in addition to the occasional and often isolated measures that are currently
led by the different ministries and State entities.
Along with the possible creation of specific support
systems for the stakeholders in the cybersecurity sector, the conditions for access to the existing support
systems, as well as their implementation methods will
be clarified and optimised. The procedures to control
exportations of cybersecurity solutions will be clarified
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and optimised.
In addition, as is the case with «French Tech» creations, the collaborative initiatives generated by the private sector and intended to assist SMEs and start-ups on
an international level will be supported.