Therefore, addressing cybercrime as the national Cyber Security Priority (CSP-4) is an essential
Government objective to increase efforts and enhance our National Security and sovereignty.
Cybercrime efforts must be spearheaded by the Vanuatu Police Force, the Legal and Intelligence
agencies and other cyber security agencies such as CERT Vanuatu. There must be robust multiple
systems and frameworks that require joint-efforts to combat cybercrime such as setting up cybercrime
and digital forensics capabilities and agencies. Cybercrime agencies and digital forensic laboratories
are initiatives to boost Vanuatu’s fight against cybercrime. Equipped with proper investigative and
digital forensics capabilities also increase the chances of collecting viable evidences that are admissible
to the court of law.
Overall, an increased capability for Vanuatu will pave a way forward for better incident response,
intelligence gathering and effective decision making.
The CSP-4 priority will be achieved through the following national goals and action plans shown below:
CSP-4 Goal
Vanuatu will:
Addressing
Cybercrime
Vanuatu’s Action Plan:
» Combat Cybercime effectively through
a multi-stakeholder framework.
» Develop specialized agencies to
address cyber security threats.
» Develop and enforce the cybercrime
Act, Harmful Digital Communications Act
and Data Privacy and Protection Act.
» Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) to
work with OGCIO to establish
a Cybercrime department and
Digital Forensic Lab under VPF.
» Develop international collaboration
partnership to combat cybercrime.
» Establish Cyber Inteligence and
Digital Forensics Capabilities
Vanuatu’s Addressing Cybercrime Priority Goals:
Effectively collaborate across national and international digital environment to combat Cybercrime
through multiple frameworks and approaches.
Establish the Vanuatu Police Cybercrime Department, Cyber Defence and Intelligence Unit and Digital
Forensics Lab.
Enforce the National Cybercrime Act of Vanuatu.
Enforce future Harmful Digital Communications Act of Vanuatu.
Enforce future Data Privacy and Protection Act of Vanuatu.
Develop and establish an eSafety Commissioner body to address cybercrime and cyber safety issues
and incidents.
To achieve this goal Vanuatu is empowered to:
Design policies and strategies to guide the establishment of the Vanuatu Police Force Cybercrime
department/unit, Cyber Defence and Intelligence Unit and Digital Forensics Lab.
Develop a Cybercrime Prevention Policy and Strategy.
Collaborate across all business and civil sectors to develop various Cybercrime and Cyber safety
Awareness Raising Campaigns.
Develop and establish national cyber security and cybercrime bundles for all stakeholders to
improve National Security.
Assess Vanuatu’s current capacity building programs for Cybercrime, Cyber Security and
National Security.
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