Formulation of national strategy for cyber security capacity building

Abstract

Cyberspace is an integral aspect in evolution of a country as it is growing at a rapid pace. Digital infrastructure used today has inherent vulnerabilities and the cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated with each passing day. A powerfully built cyber capacity is required for smooth operations in a country where development of various sphere like social, economic and political is dependent on cyberspace. Cyber capacity building is aimed to facilitate the individuals and to provide them with adequate knowledge and skill set to combat against cyber attacks/threats or generally countries have plans and processes in place to raise awareness among the masses in this regard. This research aims to provide comparative analysis of National Cyber Security Strategies of twenty different countries based on the measures taken for advancement of cyber capacity building. The major observation concluded from this analysis is that those developed nations are mostly equipped with technology and policy alongside some developing countries for cyber capacity building unlike other nations that have yet to set their priorities for building cyber capacities. The second step in this research was to conduct a survey to assess the level of cyber maturity among masses. The results of the survey and the analysis will lead to developing the cyber security strategy for Pakistan while depending on the comparison this research generate and specifies recommendations that can be adopted by counties striving to construct their cyber capacity building culture in an advanced and adequate manner.