organizations, industry plays a critical role in agreeing on technical standards to protect security. Equipment suppliers within the cyber security defence industry provide technical solutions towards protection of digital infrastructure and information. The specific role for vendors is to cooperate with the Botswana’s National CIRT (BWCIRT) in providing vulnerability information These would help support incident response and ensure compliance with the minimum cybersecurity standards for vendors’ products and services.. 4.4 Funding Resources Funding and adequate resourcing will be fundamental to the implementation of this strategy. Given that cybersecurity is a key to the realisation of Botswana’s goals and vision, the government and the private sector should ensure that National Cybersecurity Strategy and implementation programmes are adequately funded and resourced. Funding of International cooperation partners should also be sourced to assist with the implementation of the strategy recommendation. Establishment budget estimate at a high-level is summarised in the table below: Table 1 : NCS Establishment Budget Budgetary Activities Establishment of CIRT Phase 1: Basic CIRT services Phase 2: Enhanced CIRT services Phase 3: Advanced CIRT Services Sub-total for BWCIRT Establishment of cybersecurity operation centre Capacity building programmes Consume awareness programs Digital forensic laboratory Cybersecurity Research programme TOTAL Estimated Amount P5 Million P3 Million P 2 Million P 10 Million P15 Million P 15 Million P 5 Million P 16 Million P 4.5 Million P65.5 Million 4.5 Monitoring and Evaluation Until National Cybersecurity Advisory Council (NCAC) is established MTC and BOCRA could collaborate and employ the approaches mentioned below to develop and provide a comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework. Once the NCC is established, NCC in coordination with MTC will provide operational monitoring and evaluation for the implementation of this strategy. 36 | P a g e National Cybersecurity Strategy