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• The implementation of measures to reduce vulnerabilities in software products
through the deployment of accreditation schemes, protocols and standards;
• The definition of strategies for capacity building mechanisms to raise
awareness, transfer know-how and boost cyber security on the national policy
agenda; and
• The development of a unified national multi-stakeholder strategy for
international cooperation, dialogue and coordination in dealing with cyber
threats.
Cyber Security Priorities
National Cyber security Strategy should have three national priorities:
• Legal Measures;
• Technical and Procedural Measures; and
• Organizational Structures
The first priority focuses on strategies for the development of cybercrime
legislation that is harmonized and applicable globally. The second priority deals
with organizational structures and policies on cybercrime, watch, warning and
incident response as well as the creation of a generic and universal digital
identity system. Priority three focuses on a national framework of security
protocols, standards and software accreditation schemes.
Priority 1: Legal Measures
This Priority deals with the enactment of laws to deter and prosecute cybercrime.
Inevitably, the actions will depend on national conditions and local needs. The
establishment and modernization of laws, procedures, and policy to prevent,
deter, respond to, and prosecute cybercrime is an integral component of the
National Cybersecurity Strategy of Bangladesh. Since cybersecurity is a global
challenge, the lack of harmonized national and regional cybercrime legislation
weakens Bangladesh’s internal and worldwide ability to detect, prosecute and
deter cybercrime. The National Cybersecurity Strategy identifies the actions
below as necessary for creating suitable cybercrime legal measures: