ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how to establish cyber situational awareness for national governments. As cyber incidents can have an impact on many areas of economic systems, national governments aim at gaining and providing situation awareness in cyberspace. The chapter provides an overview on how nations and international organizations establish cybersecurity policies. Furthermore, the implementation of cybersecurity centers at the national level is analyzed. The chapter examines situational awareness models for decision makers and how they can be adapted to national cybersecurity centers. The European Union (EU) published the Cybersecurity Strategy of the EU and the European Agenda on Security to provide a strategic framework for the EU entities on cybersecurity and cybercrime. Cybersecurity activities are supported by European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU institutions. The European Defence Agency (EDA) addresses the Cyber Defence Policy Framework that was published by the Council of the EU in November 2014.
