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.

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Aneel is an autarchy under a special regime under the Ministry of Mines and Energy. It was created to regulate the Brazilian electricity sector, through the Law No. 9,427 and the Decree No. 2.335. As an important agency focused on critical infrastructure in Brazil, it also adopts important actions related to cybersecurity. In its Regulatory Agenda (2020-2021), for example, the agency presents a list of regulatory activities that will be put into practice, including the establishment of minimum cyber security requirements in its activities.

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