COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CYBERSECURITY STRATEGIES.EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGY AND POLICIES. POLISH AND SELECTED COUNTRIES STRATEGIES

Abstract

The Western democracies: the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union countries are targeted by hybrid threats predominantly on two fronts – cyberspace and information. This article focuses oncybersecurity. The rapid development of ICT technologies and cyberspace have had a tremendous impact onsocieties and more general on the international security environment. The EU and its members efficientfunctioning depends on a coherent and effective system to counter cyber threats at strategic, legal and institutionallevels. The objective of this paper is to identify, analyse and assess the adequacy of the Polish National CyberSecurity Strategy (Polish NCSS), including the implementation of EU’s regulations. The article presentsdescription and analysis of the the EU responses to cyber threats; and the Polish strategy. For comparison,strategic documents of the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Lithuania and Estonia are analysed. Itpresents the findings of a comparative analysis of the Polish strategy with the five national strategies and presentrecommendations to enhance cybersecurity