TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary


Setting the Stage Six Cybersecurity Principles existing initiatives and resource commitments global nature of today’s cyber environment


Principle 3 Efforts to improve cybersecurity must be able to adapt rapidly to emerging threats,


technologies, and business models


Principle 4 Efforts to improve cybersecurity must be based on risk management


Principle 5 Efforts to improve cybersecurity must focus on awareness


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Principle 6 Efforts to improve cybersecurity must more directly focus on bad actors and their threats 20


About ITI 23


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Principle 1 Efforts to improve cybersecurity must leverage public-private partnerships and build upon


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Principle 2 Efforts to improve cybersecurity must properly reflect the borderless, interconnected, and


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Editor’s Note: As used in these Principles, the “Information Technology (IT) Industry” refers generally to the technology industry, namely providers of computer and computer network hardware and software, but does not encompass telecommunications equipment vendors. Although ITI’s members include the latter, they generally adhere to the security standards and guidelines outlined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). This document articulates cybersecurity principles developed by IT companies.


The IT Industry’s Cybersecurity Principles for Industry and Government PAGE 3


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