The study “Considerations on Challenges and Future Directions in Cybersecurity”, developed under the aegis of the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), in partnership with the Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) and the National Cyberint Center within the Romanian Intelligence Service, was presented at the 12^th International Conference on Information Technology and Communications Security, organized by Bucharest University of Economic Studies, the Military Technical Academy, and the Advanced Technologies Institute, at the Palace of the National Military Circle, Bucharest, on November 14-15, 2019.

The study “Considerations on Challenges and Future Directions in Cybersecurity” was developed on the occasion of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and represents a cooperation exercise in the cybersecurity field. This study stands for a joint effort of experts from the public, private and academic fields to develop a cybersecurity framework for education, innovation, cooperation and human resource management and to reveal future challenges and strategic directions in this area.

he study “Considerations on Challenges and Future Directions in Cybersecurity” can be accessed at the following addresses:

• https://www.raisa.org/documents/CybersecurityRO2019.pdf;
• https://www.cert.ro/doc/CybersecurityRO2019.pdf;
• https://www.sri.ro/assets/files/cyberint/CybersecurityRO2019.pdf.