Cybersecurity Policy
security is at the forefront to prevent catastrophic hacks which could severely impact public services such as hospitals among others.
Government
- Invest in increasing government cybersecurity infrastructure capabilities to ensure minimum disruption to operations in the event of an attack.
- Invest in the Cyber-Crime Unit capabilities to investigate crimes and to cooperate with government departments on how to prevent them from recurring.
- Recruit ethical hackers to ensure the unit can help in;
- Identifying vulnerabilities,
- Anticipating attacks;
- Investigating attacks;
- Foster cooperation with the Armed Forces of Malta.
- Foster a closer cooperation with the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, and the European Cybercrime Centre.
- Recruit ethical hackers to ensure the unit can help in;
Public Education
- Introduce basic courses on practices ensuring cyber security in the workplace & home. The course should address the basic principles of navigating the digital space to ensure data integrity.
- Make the classes mandatory for the public sector.
- Encourage the private sector to utilise the course.
- Introduce certification valid for 6 years.
- Persons who have achieved a higher qualification in cyber security are exempted from doing the course for 12 years after completing their course.
- A higher level course would be introduced voluntarily, however mandatory for individuals responsible for sensitive data.
- Introduce a Bsc & Msc in Cybersecurity at the University of Malta.
- Ensure cyber security education at the primary & secondary levels is reviewed annually.
- The educational material should be adapted to the student’s age.
- The course should be delivered in a hands-on manner, and address the tools most often used by the students, and adult population. Ensure the students are given practical examples & training experience. For example;
- Security & privacy tools of emails, social media platforms, and other services.
- Identifying scams and phishing emails/text messages.