NCSI FULFILMENT PERCENTAGE
Version 12 Jun 2020
GENERAL CYBER SECURITY INDICATORS
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1. Cyber security policy development 6/7 86%67 86%
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1.1. Cyber security policy unit 333
Requirements
CriteriaA central government entity (ministry or equivalent) has a specialised official or unit responsible for national cyber security policy development.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2014101008&table_name=loi
Legal act (French version)
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=nl&la=N&cn=2014101008&table_name=wet
Legal act (Dutch version)
https://www.ccb.belgium.be/en/organisation
Entity's official website
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1.2. Cyber security policy coordination format 222
Requirements
CriteriaThe central government has a committee, council, working group, etc. for national-level cyber security policy coordination.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
https://ccb.belgium.be/nl/samenwerking
We have a comité "CCIV platform 4 Cyber" to coordinate cyber policy with the national security services.
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=nl&la=N&cn=2015060201&table_name=wet
legal act for the SCIV, CCIV and the CCIV platform 4 (cyber security comité) (Dutch version)
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1.3. Cyber security strategy 111
Requirements
CriteriaThe central government has established a national-level cyber security strategy or other equivalent document.
Accepted referencesValid official document
Evidence
https://ccb.belgium.be/sites/default/files/BE_NCSS_be%20%282%29.pdf
Cyber Security Strategy (Dutch version)
https://ccb.belgium.be/sites/default/files/BE_NCSS_fr.pdf
Cyber Security Strategy (French version)
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1.4. Cyber security strategy implementation plan 001
Requirements
CriteriaThe central government has established an implementation plan to the national-level cyber security strategy or other equivalent document.
Accepted referencesValid official document or its enforcement act
Evidence
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2. Cyber threat analysis and information 1/5 20%15 20%
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2.1. Cyber threats analysis unit 003
Requirements
CriteriaA central government entity has a national-level unit that is specialised in national strategic cyber threat situation analysis.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
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2.2. Public cyber threat reports are published annually 001
Requirements
CriteriaThe public part of the national cyber threat situation analysis is published at least once a year.
Accepted referencesOfficial public report
Evidence
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2.3. Cyber safety and security website 111
Requirements
CriteriaPublic authorities provide at least one cyber safety and security website for cyber security and ICT professionals, and regular users.
Accepted referencesWebsite
Evidence
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3. Education and professional development 9/9 100%99 100%
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3.1. Cyber safety competencies in primary or secondary education 111
Requirements
CriteriaPrimary or secondary education curricula include cyber safety / computer safety competences.
Accepted referencesOfficial curriculum or official report
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3.2. Bachelor’s level cyber security programme 222
Requirements
CriteriaThere is at least one cyber security / electronic information security focused programme at Bachelor’s or equivalent level.
Accepted referencesAccredited study programme
Evidence
https://ccb.belgium.be/en/ict-security-education-belgium
see all bachelors with regards to cyber, ICT
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3.3. Master’s level cyber security programme 222
Requirements
CriteriaThere is at least one cyber security / electronic information security focused programme at Master’s or equivalent level.
Accepted referencesAccredited study programme
Evidence
https://ccb.belgium.be/en/ict-security-education-belgium
see all different bachelor/masters available in Belgium
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3.4. PhD level cyber security programme 222
Requirements
CriteriaThere is at least one cyber security / electronic information security focused programme at PhD or equivalent level.
Accepted referencesAccredited study programme
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3.5. Cyber security professional association 222
Requirements
CriteriaThere is a professional association of cyber/electronic information security specialists, managers or auditors.
Accepted referencesWebsite
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4. Contribution to global cyber security 5/6 83%56 83%
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4.1. Convention on Cybercrime 111
Requirements
CriteriaThe country has ratified the Convention on Cybercrime.
Accepted referencesOfficial website of the convention
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4.2. Representation in international cooperation formats 111
Requirements
CriteriaThe government is regularly represented in a cooperation format that is dedicated to international cyber security (e.g. FIRST).
Accepted referencesOfficial website of the cooperation format
Evidence
https://www.first.org/members/teams/#belgium
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/nis-cooperation-group
The Centre for Cyber security is the SPOC for the NIS group.
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4.3. International cyber security organisation hosted by the country 333
Requirements
CriteriaA regional or international cyber security organisation is hosted by the country.
Accepted referencesOrganisation’s official website
Evidence
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4.4. Cyber security capacity building for other countries 001
Requirements
CriteriaThe country has (co-)financed or (co-)organised at least one capacity building project for another country in the last 3 years.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or project document
Evidence
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BASELINE CYBER SECURITY INDICATORS
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5. Protection of digital services 4/5 80%45 80%
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5.1. Cyber security responsibility for digital service providers 111
Requirements
CriteriaAccording to legislation, digital service providers (except micro and small enterprises): (1) must manage cyber/ICT risks or (2) must implement established cyber/information security requirements.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2019/04/07/2019011507/justel
Article 33. The security requirements (DSP – Digital Service Providers)
Article 39. Norm ISO/IEC 17021 of ISO/IEC 17065
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5.2. Cyber security standard for the public sector 001
Requirements
CriteriaPublic sector digital service providers must implement (1) cyber/ICT security requirements (defined by legislation) or (2) a widely recognised security standard.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
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5.3. Competent supervisory authority 333
Requirements
CriteriaThe government has a competent authority in the field of cyber/information security that has the power to supervise public and private digital service providers regarding the implementation of cyber/information security requirements.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2019/04/07/2019011507/justel#LNK0006
Chapter 3, article . § 5, "An inspectorate shall be set up per sector or, where appropriate, per sub-sector to monitor compliance by providers of essential services or digital service providers with the provisions of this Act and its implementing decrees."
§ 2. The King designates the authority which fulfils the role of national CSIRT.
The national CSIRT represents Belgium within the CSIRT network referred to in Article 12 of the NIS Directive. It contributes effectively, efficiently and securely to the missions of the CSIRT network. (CCB)
§ 3. The King appoints, by decree adopted after consultation in the Council of Ministers, the sectoral authorities responsible, for their respective sector, for supervising the implementation of the provisions of this Act..
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6. Protection of essential services 6/6 100%66 100%
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6.1. Operators of essential services are identified 111
Requirements
CriteriaThere is a legal act that allows to identify operators of essential services.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2019/04/07/2019011507/justel#LNK0012
Title 2, Chapter 1 and Annex 1
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6.2. Cyber security requirements for operators of essential services 111
Requirements
CriteriaAccording to the legislation, operators of essential services must manage cyber/ICT risks.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2019/04/07/2019011507/justel#LNK0011
Title 2, Chapter 2, Art. 22: norm ISO/IEC 27001
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6.3. Competent supervisory authority 333
Requirements
CriteriaThe government has a competent authority in the field of cyber/information security that has the power to supervise operators of essential services, regarding cyber/information security requirements.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2019/04/07/2019011507/justel#LNK0012
Title 1, Chapter 2, Article 7 and Title 4, Chapter 1, Article 38
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6.4. Regular monitoring of security measures 111
Requirements
CriteriaOperators of essential services must regularly (at least once every 3 years) provide evidence of the effective implementation of cyber/information security policies (e.g. audit result, documentation, specific report).
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2019/04/07/2019011507/justel#LNK0012
Chapter 1 , Article 38
The provider of essential services shall carry out an annual internal audit of the network and information systems at its own expense.
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7. E-identification and trust services 8/9 89%89 89%
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7.1. Unique persistent identifier 111
Requirements
CriteriaThe government provides a unique persistent identifier to all citizens, residents, and legal entities. For example, the identifier remains the same after document expiration and name change.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
See question 5: What is the identification number
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7.2. Requirements for cryptosystems 001
Requirements
CriteriaRequirements for cryptosystems in the field of trust services are regulated.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
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7.3. Electronic identification 111
Requirements
CriteriaElectronic identification is regulated.
Accepted referencesLegal act
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7.4. Electronic signature 111
Requirements
CriteriaE-signature is regulated
Accepted referencesLegal act
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7.5. Timestamping 111
Requirements
CriteriaTimestamping is regulated.
Accepted referencesLegal act
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7.6. Electronic registered delivery service 111
Requirements
CriteriaElectronic registered delivery service between state entities, citizens and private sector entities is regulated. The service provides legally binding data exchange and guarantees the confidentiality and integrity of information.
Accepted referencesLegal act
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7.7. Competent supervisory authority 333
Requirements
CriteriaThere is an authority responsible for the supervision of qualified trust service providers.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
16° Organe de contrôle : l'organe visé à l'article 17, paragraphe 1, du règlement 910/2014, créé au sein du Service public fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, composé des agents visés à l'article XV.2 et chargé des tâches de contrôle des prestataires établis en Belgique de services de confiance, y compris de services d'archivage électronique;
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8. Protection of personal data 4/4 100%44 100%
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8.1. Personal data protection legislation 111
Requirements
CriteriaThere is a legal act for personal data protection.
Accepted referencesLegal act
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8.2. Personal data protection authority 333
Requirements
CriteriaThere is an independent public supervisory authority that is responsible for personal data protection.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
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INCIDENT AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT INDICATORS
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9. Cyber incidents response 6/6 100%66 100%
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9.1. Cyber incidents response unit 333
Requirements
CriteriaThe government has a unit (CSIRT, CERT, CIRT, etc.) that is specialised in national-level cyber incident detection and response.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
The federal Computer Emergency Response Team, in short CERT.be, is the operational service of the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium (CCB). The task of CERT.be is to detect, observe and analyse online security problems and to provide continuous information about these problems.
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9.2. Reporting responsibility 111
Requirements
CriteriaDigital service providers and operators of essential services have an obligation to notify appointed government authorities of cyber security incidents.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2019/04/07/2019011507/justel#LNK0009
Art. 35. § Digital service providers shall immediately report any incident that has a significant impact on the provision of a service provided by them in the European Union as referred to in Annex II.
Incidents shall be reported simultaneously to the national CSIRT, the sectoral government or its sectoral CSIRT, and the authority referred to in Article 7(4) via the reporting platform referred to in Article 31 -
9.3. Single point of contact for international coordination 222
Requirements
CriteriaThe government has designated a single point of contact for international cyber security coordination.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
https://ccb.belgium.be/nl/samenwerking
CCB is the POC for the NIS group and several other international organizations with regards to the technical part of cyber security.
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10. Cyber crisis management 2/5 40%25 40%
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10.1. Cyber crisis management plan 111
Requirements
CriteriaThe government has established a crisis management plan for large-scale cyber incidents.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
https://www.ccb.belgium.be/en/critical-infrastructure
In preparation
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10.2. National-level cyber crisis management exercise 002
Requirements
CriteriaThe government has conducted a national-level cyber crisis management exercise or a crisis management exercise with a cyber component in the last 3 years.
Accepted referencesExercise document/website or press release
Evidence
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10.3. Participation in international cyber crisis exercises 111
Requirements
CriteriaThe country's team has participated in an international cyber crisis management exercise in the last 3 years.
Accepted referencesExercise document/website or press release
Evidence
On 6 and 7 June 2018, the large-scale international cyber exercise CE2018 took place. The exercise was organised by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) of the European Union. The scenario of the exercise simulated a cyber attack in several countries affecting the aviation sector. Belgium participated
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10.4. Operational support of volunteers in cyber crises 001
Requirements
CriteriaThe procedures for using volunteers in the field of cyber security are established by legislation.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
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11. Fight against cybercrime 9/9 100%99 100%
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11.1. Cybercrimes are criminalised 111
Requirements
CriteriaCybercrimes are defined by legislation.
Accepted referencesLegal act
Evidence
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=262695
Covers computer forgery, computer fraud, hacking and sabotage (see Art 550b of the Criminal Code)
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11.2. Cybercrime unit 333
Requirements
CriteriaThere is a government entity with a specific function of combatting cybercrime.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
https://www.politie.be/5998/nl/over-ons/centrale-directies/federal-computer-crime-unit
Federal Computer Crime Unit
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11.3. Digital forensics unit 333
Requirements
CriteriaThere is a government entity with a specific function of digital forensics.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
https://nicc.fgov.be/digitale-informatie
https://www.police.be/5998/nl/over-ons/centrale-directies/federal-computer-crime-unit
Reference to regional computer crime units who are resopnsible for digital forensics
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11.4. 24/7 contact point for international cybercrime 222
Requirements
CriteriaThe government has designated an international 24/7 contact point for cybercrimes.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
Federal Computer/Cyber Crime Unit
https://www.politie.be/nl/e-loket
The federal cyber crime unit can be reached via the 24/7 number or online service of the lokal police.
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12. Military cyber operations 6/6 100%66 100%
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12.1. Cyber operations unit 333
Requirements
CriteriaMilitary forces have a unit (cyber command, etc.) that is specialised in planning and conducting cyber operations.
Accepted referencesOfficial website or legal act
Evidence
Official website of the military forces that are specialised in planning and conducting cyber operations.
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12.2. Cyber operations exercise 222
Requirements
CriteriaMilitary forces have conducted a cyber operations exercise or an exercise with a cyber operations component in the country in the last 3 years.
Accepted referencesExercise document/website or press release
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12.3. Participation in international cyber exercises 111
Requirements
CriteriaThe country's military team has participated in an international cyber operations exercise in the last 3 years.
Accepted referencesExercise document/website or press release
Evidence
https://www.mil.be/nl/artikel/cyberdefensie-oefening-het-kader-van-de-navo
Thirty-five people from the military cyber capacity participated in Cyber Coalition from 27 to 30 November 2018. This NATO exercise trains and tests the Member States' ability to defend their networks against attacks.
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