What are the main challenges that Brazil faces to prevent threats in the cybersecurity field, such as cyber attacks? Who are the social actors with a key role in this theme? How can they work together to mitigate existing risks? The search for answers to these questions encouraged the Igarapé Institute to systematize, analyze and gather the existing knowledge on Brazil’s cybersecurity governance landscape.

 

The Brazilian Cybersecurity Portal gathers analyzes, research, norms and other documents on national cybersecurity. Thus, it intends to strengthen the skills for a collective action by the civil society, the academic community, the public authorities and the private sector in order to build a more secure, cooperative, resilient and sustainable digital environment.

Basic Organization of the Presidency Organs and the Ministries Ones (Law nº 13.844, from June 18, 2020) - 4096

Law nº 13.844 refers to the “Basic Organization of the Presidency Organs and the Ministries”, besides assigning to GSI the competence of: “planning, coordinate and supervise the activity of information security in the sphere of the federal public administration”. So, GSI monitors possible institutional instabilities in this area, deals with federal intelligence and advices the Presidency about military and security subjects.

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