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Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy – 3rd Edition 2025

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Summary

Third edition of the reference guide for preparing, implementing and reviewing a national cybersecurity strategy, endorsed by 37 public, private, academic and civil society organisations. It keeps the six-phase lifecycle, ten overarching principles and good practice by focus area, and remains compatible with the 2021 edition. It strengthens guidance on multi-year financing, monitoring with measurable indicators, foresight on emerging technologies such as AI and quantum, critical infrastructure, a national risk register, incident response and cyber diplomacy.

Original title
Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy – 3rd Edition 2025
Title in other languages
  • Guida all'elaborazione di una strategia nazionale di cybersicurezza – 3ª edizione 2025
  • Guide pour l'élaboration d'une stratégie nationale de cybersécurité – 3e édition 2025
  • Guía para la elaboración de una estrategia nacional de ciberseguridad – 3.ª edición 2025
Jurisdiction
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Issuing body
ITU e 36 organizzazioni partner (tra cui Banca mondiale, FMI, UNDP, UNODC, INTERPOL, Consiglio d'Europa, OSA, NATO CCDCOE)
Type
International / multilateral document
Date adopted
Status
In force
Available languages
English
Topics
Licence / terms of use
Issuer's terms of use – Pubblicazione ITU soggetta ai termini d'uso dell'ITU.
Notes
ISBN (elettronico) 978-92-61-42091-8. Le edizioni precedenti (2018 e 2021) sono nell'archivio di ncsguide.org.
Collected from
manuale
Last verified
(verified via web)

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How to cite

APA

ITU e 36 organizzazioni partner (tra cui Banca mondiale, FMI, UNDP, UNODC, INTERPOL, Consiglio d'Europa, OSA, NATO CCDCOE). (2025). Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy – 3rd Edition 2025. https://ncsguide.org/ncs-guide-2025/

Chicago

ITU e 36 organizzazioni partner (tra cui Banca mondiale, FMI, UNDP, UNODC, INTERPOL, Consiglio d'Europa, OSA, NATO CCDCOE). "Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy – 3rd Edition 2025." 8 December 2025. https://ncsguide.org/ncs-guide-2025/.

BibTeX

@misc{itu_guide_developing_ncs_2025,
  author       = {{ITU e 36 organizzazioni partner (tra cui Banca mondiale, FMI, UNDP, UNODC, INTERPOL, Consiglio d'Europa, OSA, NATO CCDCOE)}},
  title        = {{Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy – 3rd Edition 2025}},
  year         = {2025},
  url          = {https://ncsguide.org/ncs-guide-2025/},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27}
}

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