01306nas a2200145   4500000000100000008004100001260001500042100002000057700001500077700001800092245009100110856018000201520076500381022001401146       2017                            d  c2017-01-021 aEviatar Matania1 aLior Yoffe1 aTal Goldstein00aStructuring the national cyber defence: in evolution towards a Central Cyber Authority  uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23738871.2017.1299193?casa_token=eNP9jfC2Q3AAAAAA%3AvKR7UxImHRzx1YCV5hxumd2d3aRp0nKmXRV3FtFBbh6DOjnc5Kq3nmgSCAwTkHPNN3OsfDM84O2ObQ3 aThis paper describes the three-phase evolution process that most countries have already gone through in structuring their cybersecurity activities. We then analyse the limitations of the current phase and outline the necessity in the next phase of evolution of governmental structures – the formation of a national Central Cyber Authority (CCA), a single civilian entity with concrete operational capabilities, responsible for defending the national cyberspace and leading national cybersecurity efforts. We present the logic behind this next phase of evolution as well as basic principles and components comprising the new CCA and its relations with current governmental organisations – regulators, law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community.  a2373-8871