Tools & publications

How can international and regional forums, donors, and development agencies stimulate local ownership of the capacity building programmes they wish to support? How can countries ensure commitment in capacity building efforts?

Some elements of ICT have become critical for national security. These elements form the Critical  Information Infrastructure (CII) of a nation. Protection of CII (CIIP) has obtained worldwide attention which has, for example, resulted in a OECD high-level policy framework (2008) containing recommendations on the Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure.  This Global Good Practice document […]

Even the best cyber security posture and practices cannot guarantee that key organisations and information infrastructures within a nation will not be vulnerable to malware, software failures, human errors, and other mishaps. The cyber threat landscape changes rapidly. Cyber incidents occur on a daily basis and may be of cross-border, multinational and often even global […]

Your awareness campaign is probably not the only one – other campaigns are taking place locally, nationally and/or internationally. It is advisable to align them to have greater impact and use resources more efficiently. Aligning campaigns supports the ultimate goal of raising awareness of cyber-threats through safe online behaviour.

We assess our personal health based on the trusted data we receive from doctors. Cybersecurity is like public health: if CERTs and operators have trusted data — regularly updated — about weaknesses in our networks, this helps them mitigate vulnerabilities, preserve cyber-health, and prevent incidents.

The Global Cyber Expertise Magazine is a bi-annual magazine on global cyber policy developments and capacity building projects. The Magazine is jointly published by the African Union, the European Union, the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise and the Organization of American States. This fourth edition, published in November 2017, again covers a wide range of […]

The 2016 GFCE-MERIDIAN Good Practice Guide on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection for governmental policy-makers (hereafter: 2016 GPG) outlined that Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) is a complex but important topic for nations. By nature, CIIP is a national security topic in the sense that failure, disruption or destruction of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) may cause […]

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) is a complex but important topic for nations. Nations at large critically depend on Critical Infrastructure (CI) services such as energy supply, telecommunications, financial systems, drinking water, and governmental services. Information and communication technologies(ICT)-based services are becoming increasingly important for the functioning of CI. Disruption of information infrastructure is capable […]