The National Strategy for Cybersecurity „Cyber Resilient Bulgaria 2020“ (Cybersecurity Strategy) was adopted by the Council of Ministers with Decision № 583 of 18.07.2016.
The strategy was developed by an interdepartmental expert group and coordinated with the Security Council to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria. The draft Strategy was publicly announced for consultation between 11 and 30 April 2016.
The Strategy includes three consecutive evolving phases of initiation, development, and maturity.
Phase 1 “Initiating and Achieving basic cyber security capacity” has implementation period 2016-2017 and aims to achieve the minimum required information and cybersecurity and capability for responding to cyber incidents and attacks at single organizations and networks.
Phase 2 “Development - from Capacity to Capability” (2018-2019) will have to bring the work of individual systems to a coordinated response to cyber incidents and crises and systematic prevention activities.
Phase 3 “Mature and Cyber Resilient Society” is planned to commence in 2020 and would feature achieving a level of maturity which would provide cyber resilience at national level and effective interaction and integration at international level (EU, NATO).
To meet the objectives defined in the “Cyber Resilient Bulgaria 2020” Strategy a part-time Cyber Resistance Advisory Body is established and a National Coordinator for Cybersecurity is appointed to the Council of Ministers.
According to the functions underlaid by the Strategy, the Cyber Resistance Advisory Body implements communication with international institutions and organizations on cybersecurity, harmonization and coordination of sectoral policies towards cyber resilient economy and society, control over the Strategy Plan and Roadmap implementation, the development of which is coordinated by the National Coordinator for Cybersecurity.
The Roadmap for the Cybersecurity Strategy implementation is expected within 3 months from the adoption of the Strategy and will involve all related stakeholders.
The complete text of the Strategy could be found here (At this stage: available in Bularian language only).