The strategy is to fully incorporate ICT, cybersecurity and media competence into the school curriculum in all types of schools. 

ICT security issues and cyber security become an integral part of a model for “digital competence” – adjusted to the curriculum of the respective type of school – so as to create awareness for security issues and to help children learn a responsible use of ICT and new media.
ICT (security) competence is included in the training programmes of pedagogical universities and other pedagogical institutions at tertiary level as a prerequisite for teaching these skills at school as well as in adult education centres.
The training of experts in the public sector responsible for improving cyber security is intensified in cooperation with national and international training facilities.
The ICT system administrators of the operators of critical infrastructures should receive cyber security training to enable them to recognise cyber incidents, to detect anomalies in their ICT systems and to report them to their security officers (Human Sensor Programme).

Cyber security issues must increasingly be taken into account in applied cyber research as well as in security research programmes such as KIRAS. Efforts should be made to achieve active thematic leadership in EU security research programmes.

Measures to strengthen Austria’s research in the area of cyber security are:

-  Making cybersecurity a key research priority in the framework of national and EU security research programmes.

- Tasking relevant stakeholders in administration, economy and research will develop the conceptual framework and technological instruments to enhance Austria’s cyber security standards in joint projects. 

- Prioritising measures that help to turn research and development findings speedily into marketable products and further develop research projects under A-SIT.

Austria should strive for an active thematic leadership in EU security research programmes and contribute themes which it considers important to international
research programmes. 

Co-operation with private operators of critical infrastructures and other economic sectors is considered a crucial part of the 2013 national strategy.

The Austrian Cyber Security Platform acts as an umbrella for various forms of cooperation between the Austrian Trust Circle, which is an initiative between CERT.au, the government and GovCERT Austria, Cyber Security Austria and Kuratorium sicheres Österreich. The platform is in charge of the institutional framework for the permanent exchange of information in public administration and with representatives of the economy, science and research with all stakeholders taking part on an equal footing. The Platform also has the remit to advise and support the national Cyber Security Steering Group.

Silicon Alps Cluster GmbH has a broad remit in ensuring the supply of qualified people to work in business, industry verticals and new technologies. In terms of cybersecurity, it supports dedicated exercises, such as nationwide cross-sectoral cyber exercises, including SMEs and sector-specific small companies. operating in will be organised and held at periodic intervals.

The CYBERWISER.eu CyPR is all about boosting opportunities in the cybersecurity marketplace. 

This European Cybersecurity Professional Register is the place where professionals of any age can promote their specific skill sets and experiences in cybersecurity, courses taken and qualifications.
Organisations of any size or sector (from SMEs to large companies and public institutions can find and contact the right skills and experiences they need to improve their IT security posture.

January 2021

The information contained here is based on desk research carried out by CYBERWISER, including the ENISA interactive maps on national strategies and educational courses. 

NIS Directive (operators of essential services and digital service providers): actual, adverse and significant impact on the continuity of essential services. Actual, adverse and substantial impact on the provision of enumerated digital services.

GDPR (any organisation dealing with the data of EU citizens): accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, altercation, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.

GovCERT Austria

• Security incidents report mail: reports@govcert.gv.at
• General inquiry mail: team@govcert.gv.at
• Telephone +43 1 5056416 78
• PGP Key

CERT.at

• Security incidents report mail: reports@cert.at
• General inquiry mail: team@cert.at
• Telephone +43 1 5056416 78
• Fax: +43 1 5056416 79
• PGP Key

The most detailed and up-to-date website on cybersecurity in Austria is the Cyber Security Platform (CSP; German) https://www.digitales.oesterreich.gv.at/cyber-sicherheit-plattform, which provides information also on upcoming events and training.

January 2021

The information contained here is the result of desk research.