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of information to identify and share it on their own initiative. It must be possible
to share information on serious cyber threats more effectively with businesses
critical for security of supply, municipalities, the service providers that they own,
and wellbeing services counties within the constraints of restrictions on sharing.
Better methods and conditions for collecting, analysing and sharing information
on the level of cybersecurity and cyber resilience are needed with respect to public
services.
Sharing highly classified information requires the development and deployment
of suitable systems. The 2023 report on the authorities’ capacity to act in cyber
security matters should be considered when developing information exchange
between public authorities.
Smooth cooperation between public authorities
Implementation and responsibilities in operational cooperation, and preparedness
for and responses to serious cyber threats and incidents, will be coordinated in
a closer and more inclusive agency-level cooperation structure comprising the
Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, the National Bureau of
Investigation, the Defence Forces and the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service.
Coordination will be based on shared situational awareness. The cooperation
structure and associated public authorities must be adequately authorised to
disclose and receive information. The cooperation structure will also bring a need
for closer tactical and technical collaboration between public authorities.
The operating culture of cybersecurity should be reformed in line with the model
of comprehensive security by boosting international and national cybersecurity
cooperation between central and regional administration, wellbeing services
counties, municipalities, local administration and organisations. Use of the
operating models of international partners and of technologies that provide
cybersecurity solutions would be enlarged to achieve this. It is important for
wellbeing services counties, as new actors, to promote a cybersecurity culture and
cybersecurity competence in partnership with other actors.
Centralised cybersecurity services
Centralised cybersecurity services are currently provided by the Finnish Transport
and Communications Agency Traficom, the Digital and Population Data Services
Agency, other central government parties, and businesses owned by wellbeing
services counties and municipalities, working together with the private sector.
Such services include the HAVARO serious information security threat detection
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