Austria's Information Security Initiatives

This page collates Austria's initiatives to implement the OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks: Towards a Culture of Security.

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  • A-SIT (Austrian Secure Information Technology Centre) (in German)
    An educational, awareness-raising security website founded by the Ministry of Finance, the Austrian central bank and the technical university of Graz in May 1999.
  • Die österreichische Bürgerkarte (in German and English)
    A project concerning a national citizen card, launched by the Austrian Federal Government, 21 November 2000.
  • Österreichisches IT-Sicherheitshandbuch (in German)
    The Austrian Handbook of IT-Security, published by the Chief Information Office in the Federal Chancellery, November 2004.
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Promoting a Culture of Security

OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks: Towards a Culture of Security

The 2002 Security Guidelines provide high-level policy principles aimed at all participants to foster a culture of security for information systems and networks

The Promotion of a Culture of Security for Information Systems and Networks in OECD Countries

A major information resource on governments’ efforts to foster a shift in culture as called for in the OECD Security Guidelines, 2005