A national authority for cyber security is a government body responsible for overseeing, coordinating and implementing the national cyber security strategy.
It plays a crucial role in protecting a country's critical infrastructure, businesses and citizens from terrorist attacks. cyber threats ever increasing
Each country has set up its own cyber security authority to protect its critical infrastructures and its citizens. Some of the best known are :
- Europe European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
- France: French National Agency for Information Systems Security (ANSSI)
- Germany Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI)
- Spain Centro Criptológico Nacional (CCN)
- Belgium Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB)
- Netherlands Netherlands National Communications Security Agency (NLNCSA)
- United States National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- China National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC)
- United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
