A/74/120 of individuals and organizations, and essential services increasingly depend on computer networks. However, while cyberspace has made possible unprecedented levels of interaction and progress, it is also subject to a multiplicity of different threats, and actors who jeopardize the security of people, companies, institutio ns and States, as well as international peace and security. Economic development, the provision of essential services, the well-being of citizens and the proper functioning of State bodies rely heavily on cybersecurity. New risks are on the rise as a consequence of the widespread use of relatively low-cost smart devices that make it possible to access the Internet without a min imu m level of security, expanding the scope for potential cyberattacks. This growth needs to be accompanied and addressed by State policies and corporate responsibility strategies. Similarly, some States’ plans to develop mechanisms for decrypting devices/applications and/or backdoors pose an additional risk. Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security In 2017, the Argentine Government, through Decree No. 577/2017, established the Cybersecurity Committee, chaired by the Government Secretariat for the modernization of the Executive Office of the Cabinet of Ministers, and with the following members: the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of the Executive Office of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Part of the role of the Committee is to develop a national cybersecurity strategy, as well as a plan of action for its implementation. The establishment of the Cybersecurity Committee facilitated the creation of forums for the exchange of information about incidents, resulting in responses that were better coordinated; this proved its effectiveness when the Group of 20 was held in Argentina in 2018. Argentina has a National Critical Information and Cybersecurity Infrastructure Programme established by Resolution 580/2011 of the Executive Office of the Cabinet of Ministers. The Programme is designed to define and protect public and private sector strategic and critical infrastructure, as well as that of international organizations, manage all information on reports of security in cidents and direct potential solutions in an organized and consolidated way, among other objectives. In this context, a protocol has been established for situations where public agencies are highly vulnerable to digital security risks, and which provides for linkages to the private sector. Work is currently under way to develop a norm that will establish a definitio n of “critical information infrastructure”, criteria for determining whether infrastructure is critical, and categorize the infrastructure of various sectors. In the framework of the National Critical Information and Cybersecurity Infrastructure Programme, Order No. 2/2013 established the National Computer Security Incident Response Team. In terms of legislation, cybercrime was incorporated into the Criminal Code in 2008 through Act No. 26.388. In 2013, the National Congress passed Act No. 26.904, criminalizing grooming and increasing the severity of the penalties for offences relating to child pornography on the Internet. In 2017, through Act 27.411, adopted by the National Congress, Argentina acceded to the Convention on Cybercrime. In 19-10580 3/39