No. 39475   75 STAATSKOERANT, 4 DESEMBER 2015 NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR SOUTH AFRICA operandi are constantly evolving and is included here as typical examples of Cybersecurity I cybercrime threats that many people will encounter when using computers and information communication technology. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. 1. 1.1 Introduction A number of strategic interventions and tactical interventions have been successfully implemented over the past few years and other interventions are in the process of being implemented within the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster in the fight against crime with the objective of making South Africa Safe. As part of Government's Outcome based priorities, the JCPS Cluster signed on 24 October 2010, the JCPS Delivery Agreement, relating to Outcome 3: "All People in South Africa Are and Feel Safe". This Outcome focuses on certain areas and activities, clustered around specific Outputs, where interventions will make a substantial and a positive impact on the safety of the people of South Africa. One such area relates to Output 8: which requires the development and implementation of a Cybersecurity Policy and the development of capacity to combat and investigate cybercrime. In line herewith, this document therefore sets out a National Cybersecurity Policy Framework (NCPF) for South Africa. 1.2 It is generally accepted that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable in modern society. The increased interconnectivity of computer networks and the expansion of broadband including mobility are contributing significantly to economic growth, digital integration, education, electronic governance, citizens' participation in governance and many others. This new electronic environment is commonly known as cyberspace. It has created a "global village" with instantaneous communication possible between persons on the opposite sides of the world. The NCPF Policy Framework therefore recognises that Cybersecurity threats and the combating thereof have a personal, national and international context. 1 .3 Cyberspace comes with new types of challenges to the governments of the world and it therefore introduces a further dimension to National Security. It is a borderless platform that enables more sophisticated threats such espionage. The numerous as cyber-attacks cybercrime, cyber terrorism, cyber war and cyber launched in recent years against advanced information societies aimed at undermining the functioning of public and private sector information systems have placed the abuse of cyberspace high on the list of security threats. The acknowledgment that such attacks pose a threat to international security reached new heights in 2007 owing to the first-ever co-ordinated cyber-attack against an entire country and also because of large-scale cyber-attacks against information systems in many other countries as well. The co-ordinated cyber-attacks against government agencies, banks, 10 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za