French NATIONAL DIGITAL SECURITY STRATEGY — objective 4 to create a zone of digital trust and security. The work initiated with Germany on cloud computing or secured messaging is moving in this direction. > Integrating the requirements for cybersecurity in public contracting and support. For the protection of its sovereignty and notably the protection of its information concerning the national defence secret, France will preserve its financial and industrial capacity to develop solutions with the highest levels of security. In general, the entire administration should set an example in public contracting by integrating the right level of security criteria in its choices of digital products and services. Finally, as of 2016 any product or service that is embedded in or is based on an information system and wants to answer a call for tenders, a request for public projects, or be eligible for public funds, will benefit from a bonus factor if it is accompanied by a cybersecurity risk analysis that corresponds to the intended use of the product or service. > Supporting export and internationalisation of the businesses in the sector. To support the economic development of the cybersecurity industrial sector, France will endeavour to reinforce the visibility and competitiveness of the French offer worldwide and to facilitate access of SMEs and start-ups notably to the international markets. Inter-ministerial coordination will be structured and reinforced. An adapted French business support organisation will be established in addition to the occasional and often isolated measures that are currently led by the different ministries and State entities. Along with the possible creation of specific support systems for the stakeholders in the cybersecurity sector, the conditions for access to the existing support systems, as well as their implementation methods will be clarified and optimised. The procedures to control exportations of cybersecurity solutions will be clarified 34 and optimised. In addition, as is the case with «French Tech» creations, the collaborative initiatives generated by the private sector and intended to assist SMEs and start-ups on an international level will be supported.

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