June 2012

Meeting the Cyber Security Challenge

This paper examines some of the principal cyber security challenges and the measures taken at the national and international level to respond to them. It first examines reasons why the policy community should care about cyber security. It then identifies the principal cyber security challenges – those primarily targeted at individual users and those affecting national security – and their implications. Next, It highlights some of the main preventive and consequence-management measures available to mitigate the effects of cyber threats. Finally, cyber issues for future consideration are discussed.

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