Adaptation of the JDL Model for Multi-Sensor National Cyber Security Data Fusion

Responsibility And Demarcation Of A Nation’S Internet Domain

Current cyber defence policies published by nations contain lists of key national capabilities that they are striving for. Various frameworks, models and standards are being used to assess the current state and to move forward to a more secure state such as the guide from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) & United States of America, 2014). The problem is however that once the cyber defence policies of Governments are studied it becomes visible that no clear definition is available of what exactly will be protected (Cavelty, 2014). A recent study (de Souza, 2014) of United States cyber defence policies has revealed that Government is responsible for the safety of the Internet but current implementations focus on only protecting .gov websites. In South Africa legislation exists, and responsibility for each sector is defined in the National Cyber Security Policy Framework. In the policy, there is a clear indication of the responsibility that Government has towards Internet enabled infrastructure. Reinforcing the intent other legislation such as the Electronic Communication and Transactions Act of 2002 (South African Government Gazette, 2003) mandated that the .co.za domain be placed under the control of the Government (Naidoo, Singh, & Levine, 2013).