information to produce the output required. It is becoming extremely necessary for nations to protect critical national information infrastructure to ensure national security in the wake of recent cyber wars, and ensure a safe cyber space to enable wealth creation for citizens. As networked computer infrastructure increases, there will be an increase in attacks on critical information infrastructure that is required to sustain the economy of the information and knowledge society. There is therefore an increasing need to protect critical national information infrastructure (CNII) and create a robust incidence response system when any attack is made on the CNII, to avoid loss of revenue due to down time and ensure national security. The need to create a security culture by creating awareness of the enormous threats that users, especially children, of the Internet are exposed to must be addressed by a national cyber security policy. Awareness creation (education) of the risks users of the Internet are exposed and the vulnerabilities on our phones, computers and PDAs to can drastically reduce cyber incidences with its consequential loss of revenue when business are involved. This will create a very conducive environment in the information economy where Ghanaians can create wealth in peace without fear of harassment by cyber criminal and fraudsters. Government business can be brought to a halt if the NITA infrastructure is attacked. In the same way, many businesses may grind to a halt if the infrastructure of ISPs and other public Internet and phone services are attacked. There is therefore the need to develop technical capacity of local technocrats to enable them manage the cyber security risks to government and private sector critical information infrastructure. In order to share knowledge on incidence response and ensure that there is a uniform risk management of all critical information infrastructures (both public and private), the policy 16 | P a g e National Cyber Security Policy & Strategy