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Cybersecurity is the cornerstone of a connected world over the Internet. The expected unprecedented increase in the number of Internet users, devices, and data around the world over the next few years will present great opportunities as well as equally daunting challenges.

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Cyber ​​security encompasses many different concepts, from information security to operational security to computer systems security. Cybersecurity also means different things to different audiences. For individuals, this concept means feeling safe and protecting personal data and privacy.

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For organizations, cybersecurity means ensuring that business-critical functions are available and confidential data is protected through operational and information security. For governments, it means protecting citizens, institutions, critical infrastructure and government computer systems from attacks or theft of data. Although definitions differ, cybersecurity refers to joint activities and resources that enable individuals, organizations, and governments to achieve their computing goals in a secure, private, and reliable manner.

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For official policy makers, objectives such as the protection of public health and safety, economic security and national security form the foundations of a modern nation government. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) underpins today's modern society, as well as the way governments manage services, economic growth, and national security. In the European Union, for example, the ICT sector directly accounts for five percent of the gross domestic product.1 An even more important issue is the impact of ICT on other sectors, accounting for seventy-five percent of the Internet's impact on the overall economy.2 ICT contributes to a nation's overall well-being and It can help achieve important public goals such as economic stability, security, freedom, social stability, public safety and education that will improve the quality of life of its citizens.

ICT addiction brings with it a number of risks. Many different actors, from nation-states to highly complex and well-funded criminal organizations and weakly connected “pirate activists”, are making efforts to exploit and attack the ever-increasing number of network environments. This has created new challenges for policymakers; attackers can attack from far away, anonymously and at lightning speed (one keystroke takes one hundred and fifty milliseconds to circumnavigate the world); mobile devices are rapidly becoming widespread and even surpassing traditional personal computers; Due to the increase in the number of Internet users worldwide, these users can lead to new vulnerabilities.

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Given these dynamics, cybersecurity remains a cornerstone of the ICT industry as it supports innovation, growth, job opportunities and social development. As cyberspace continues to evolve and the impact of ICT on all economic sectors continues to increase, so should cybersecurity, with new environments and threats. As threats and technologies have a much greater potential to evolve than regulatory processes, government agencies and the private sector need to work together to develop appropriate infrastructures; Thus, cyber security solutions can cope with the dynamic threat environment and provide opportunities for innovation. An important way to deal with the changing threat landscape is for government agencies and the private sector to focus on results-based solutions and the process of developing them. In short, a risk-based security system should be developed instead of the "check the box" method.

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Source: Microsoft