Assumptions for the model of National Cyber Security Strategy

Abstract

The task of ensuring cyber security plays an important role in national, regional and global security policies. The importance of this issue grows along with the increasing dependence of society on cyber space. The authors of this article analysed the existing regulatory situation on a higher level (on the scale of international, regional and national security strategies) as well as apparent trends; assessed the existing international regulation, its advantages and disadvantages, and national security strategies as well as their similarities and differences among them. This article provides the evaluation of measures which could help achieve effective cyber security regulation, lists the considerations of whether the applicable international rules are sufficiently effective, what other measures could reinforce the fight against cyber threats or what unified cyber security strategies could be applied on a national level in individual states, and whether it would be an appropriate alternative for international legislation. This article presents a few surveys conducted by the authors, among them a qualitative survey on ten international cyber security experts’ attitudes towards the existing regulatory situation in terms of cyber security. Referring to the opinions of international cyber security experts, the authors of this article designed the main elements of the model of national cyber security strategy and put forward some suggestions as to which strategy components could be most unified and which should be intended for a better reflection of a national situation.