In order to determine how to best invest resources to mitigate national cybersecurity risks and prioritise capacity development interventions it is valuable for Governments to understand their current state of national cybersecurity capacity maturity.
There are a range of frameworks, including the University of Oxford Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM) that can be utilised to guide this process and provide a holistic approach to assessing national cybersecurity capacity maturity, including dimensions such as:
M Griffin Consulting has experiencing designing and implementing national cybersecurity capacity maturity assessments across a range of economies and contexts including in Europe, the Pacific, and South East Asia.
An example of work completed in this area includes a project with the United Nations International Telecommunication Union and the report on ‘Viet Nam cybersecurity education capacity assessment 2021’, which included designing the research approach and leading the collection and analysis of desk-based research and survey data. This was used to produce a report to assess the current state of cybersecurity education capacity in Viet Nam.
Despite strong progress in recent times, there is a persistent cybersecurity skills gap around the world, with millions of new cybersecurity workers required to support and secure our growing digital environment and technological dependencies.
In order to address this challenge, stakeholders across the public, private, and civil society sectors need to work together to deliver both short-term and longer-term interventions to sustainably address this workforce supply and demand deficit.
M Griffin Consulting has experience working with strategic partners to complete national cybersecurity education and skills projects including:
- National and Regional Training Needs Assessments
- National Education and Training Capacity Maturity Evaluation
- Cybersecurity Education Program Benchmarking
- Developing novel approaches to designing national cybersecurity education workforce interventions
M Griffin Consulting actively participates in the global cybersecurity capacity development community and has cultivated a global network of sector leading connections including with other independent consultants, research centres and think tanks, governmental and intergovernmental representatives, the private sector and civil society organisations.
M Griffin Consulting has experience working with organisations in the Cybersecurity Capacity Building community to support a range diplomatic and strategic engagements including:
- Working with clients to co-design engagement strategies and action plans
- Detailed stakeholder analysis and mapping to optimise and target engagement
- Facilitating bilateral and multilateral meetings between stakeholders
An example of work completed in this area includes guiding the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA) in the development of their regional engagement strategy and action.
From designing contextually appropriate research methodologies, to developing thematic briefs on emerging development priorities, M Griffin Consulting has the skills and capability to support your custom cybersecurity and ICT4D projects.
Examples of custom projects that M Griffin Consulting has helped clients deliver include:
- Working with Global Partners Digital team to deliver their report on ‘Human Rights in the Digital Age'. This involved supporting the research method design, facilitating focus group discussion, helping to analyse key themes, and develop policy recommendations.
- Working with UNESCO to organise their Pacific Islands Regional Conference on Innovative Financing for Inclusive ICT in Education and the research and development of an associated thematic brief.
Matthew loves taking on a challenge and collaborating with clients over a good brain storming session. Whether you are still in the idea stage or are starting to feel stuck on how to move forward with the next phase of your project, Matthew can help you to find the answers so you can achieve your project and policy goals.
Ready to collaborate? Want to know more? Get in touch today to organise a time with Matthew to discuss your project needs and work out a pathway forward to achieve your project and policy goals.
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