About Mexico --- We have many colleagues from Mexico in the course, so I will try to add to the discussion of our national cyber security architecture. I had read a very interesting article aimed at international companies interested in investing in Mexico. It was published by the website “The Legal 500” in 2021, and it contains thought-provoking points. (https://www.legal500.com/guides/chapter/mexico-data-protection-cyber-security/). Mexico has a National Cybersecurity Strategy. However, it does not have an independent national body dealing with the matter of cyber security. The issue is under the purview of the National Guard, a body that reports to the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection. Specifically, cyber security issues are managed by the National Guard’s General Directorate of Science.<br /> The National Strategy was adopted in 2017. The National Guard was established in 2019, suggesting that it might not be aware of all the efforts made before its establishment. Previously, the Federal Police was the body responsible for implementing the strategy, and it was later replaced by the National Guard, as part of a revamping of security institutions. I will look more into how the National Guard is implementing the national strategy, but considering the Mexican example, states must ensure continuity of all the cyber security efforts. One issue to be addressed by Mexican experts when exchanging good practices with other countries can be how to continue actions that have proven effective amid institutional transformation.

Source author: Juan Feliciano Ascencio Moctezuma jascencio@sre.gob.mx