These measures are set out through the following national goals and action plans shown below:
CSP-1 Goal
Vanuatu will:
Cyber Resilience
Vanuatu’s Action Plan:
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Threat Protection
Recoverability
Adaptability
Durability
Security and Intelligence
agencies to combat cyberattacks and cybercrime.
» Develop a blueprint for the for a
multi-stakeholder cyber resilience
(cyber security bundles).
» Awareness raising and
engagement Plans.
» Enhance CERT Vanuatu’s operations.
» Introduce additional agencies such
as National Cyber Security Agency
(NCSA), the Government Security
Operations Center and Sectorial CSIRTs
Vanuatu’s Cyber Resilience Priority Goals:
Build a strong and robust Cyber Security posture and culture for Vanuatu, its businesses, communities
and citizens including tourists.
Increase and improve core cyber security mechanisms to equip Government Cyber experts and other
experts to have the ability to actively respond to cyber-attacks at near real-time.
To achieve this goal Vanuatu is empowered to:
Establish proper mechanisms to strengthen Cyber Security and enable better Cyber resilience
progress.
Increase CERT Vanuatu’s capability and ability to respond to cyber-attacks at near real-time.
Encourage and introduce Security Operation Centres (SOC) in the Government ICT and Security
structure and in the private sector organizations.
Work towards the development of the National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) of Vanuatu.
Increase people’s cyber resilience through Awareness Raising, increasing Capability, and
Engagement.
Increase people’s cyber resilience at work and in societies.
Establish and improve our whole cyber security workforce and framework to ensure that skills
supply meets demand and early threat detection mechanisms are proactive throughout all
Vanuatu.
Establish sustainability and cyber-preparedness programs for organizations in Vanuatu.
Establish the Cyber Emergency Communications Strategy.
7.2. Cyber Security Awareness
It is commonly echoed across the cyber security domain that Cyber security is everyone’s business
and not the government or an agency alone. Cyber security is a shared responsibility and it is attracting
the attention of the broader range of stakeholders in Vanuatu. It values the need for an operational
Government-private sector partnership that incorporates institutions of all sizes along with stateowned enterprises, local, and regional agencies to execute effective Cyber-threat Incident Response.
For example, the current cyber security and cyber safety landscape in Vanuatu shows two popular
distinctive cyber risk trends:
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An increase of online social issues rising from incorrect use or abuse of technologies and social
media platforms. These abuse incidents include cyberbullying, cyber-stalking, online shaming,
hate speeches, and misinformation or disinformation.
An increase of Internet users and organizations are victims of malware attacks, phishing and
online scams relating to rewards (money and lottery prices). These cyber-threats are equally
common across all government, business and the civil society sectors.
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