National Security and Public-Private Partnership for Cybersecurity: Strengths and Challenges

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Presented at codeblue 2017 by

Stefano Mele

The high level of pervasiveness of technologies and the Internet in every field of today’s social fabric has completely changed every aspect of our society, service delivery and management, access to information – in both its quality and quantity – as well as the relationship between the aforementioned elements and the citizens, what’s more, in a rather limited stretch of time. From this perspective, the public-private partnership looks like a growing functional need in cybersecurity, mainly due to two elements: first, the fact that the majority of critical infrastructures are owned and managed by privates; secondly, the use of ICT technologies in such systems has become widespread, their level of interconnection being significantly high. This research analyses the strategic approach of some of the most important States to the public-private partnership for cybersecurity, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, and outlining also the essential requirements to plan and structure an effective and efficient partnership.