CYBER ATTACKS: IS BRAZIL PREPARED?
Date of Publication
1-1-2023 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Cybersecurity
Keywords
Cyber, Cybersecurity, Brazil, Latin America, Strategy
Description
The importance of the cybernetic sector was labeled officially as a “matter of high politics”–– related to the survival of the state itself. This statement was made by the Brazilian government in 2008 in a new version of the Estratégia Nacional de Defesa (END) or National Defense Strategy, defining the cyber as one of the three top national security strategic areas along with the nuclear and space.1 The Brazilian federal government has lain responsibilities of the cyber defense with three principal actors.
CYBER ATTACKS: IS BRAZIL PREPARED?
The importance of the cybernetic sector was labeled officially as a “matter of high politics”–– related to the survival of the state itself. This statement was made by the Brazilian government in 2008 in a new version of the Estratégia Nacional de Defesa (END) or National Defense Strategy, defining the cyber as one of the three top national security strategic areas along with the nuclear and space.1 The Brazilian federal government has lain responsibilities of the cyber defense with three principal actors.
