ABSTRACT
Germany has endeavored to secure its information technology (IT) infrastructure since 2006 with the release of the 2011 Cybersecurity Strategy for Germany and the updated version published in 2016. Germany's cybersecurity strategy has slowly evolved over a period of approximately three decades, beginning in the early 1990s and following through to the present day. During this time, Germany’s cybersecurity strategy has gone through three distinct transformation stages, with the concept of cybersecurity undergoing a maturation process that has taken it from a basic understanding entrenched in the security of the private individual to a state-level issues of security obliging the government to create enhanced defensive and offensive cyber and information competencies. The Cyber Security Strategy for Germany expresses that Germany’s national efforts in regards to cyber security will be coordinated with international organizations and that they will ensure that their priorities are “pursued” in the organizations mentioned.
