“Cyber security is a clear priority area for this Government, that is why the Ministry of National Defence will work hard on cybersecurity enhancement: we will increase the maturity of cyber security authorities and their ability to prevent and respond to cyber incidents,” said Vice Minister of National Defence M. Abukevičius who chaired the meeting. He also stressed that cybersecurity depended not only on the actions of the Ministry of National Defence but also of other bodies and organisations, which was clearly shown by the latest events concerning personal user data leaks.
According to Vice Minister, adherence to cyber security requirements for critical information infrastructure and state information resources managers will be ensured by strengthened monitoring.
At the meeting, the European Union legislation package for enhancing cyber security at EU level, as well as proposals for a new, international standard-based set of cyber security requirements, was presented. The proposals concerning new cyber security requirements align with the most recent draft European Commission directive on measures for high common level of cyber security across the Union (or TIS2 directive). Its implementation is estimated to cut the losses inflicted by cyber incidents by EUR 11,3 million if only additional investments into cyber security projects are made.
Members of the Council were also briefed on the most recent information about the public leaks of personal user data (from CityBee and Orakulas.lt).
The Cyber Security Council is a standing collegial independent advisory institution. It was established in 2015 in order to carry out the analysis of cyber security in Lithuania and advise cyber security stakeholders on improving cyber security, alongside other entities of public and private sector and scientific and studies organisations.
