Pakistan's federal government has completed work on a 90-day cybersecurity action plan designed to build a more coordinated national defense against digital threats, bringing together federal and provincial governments, regulators and operators of critical infrastructure under one framework. 

The Cyber Security Working Committee (CSWC) drafted the plan and functions as a subordinate body of the National Committee for Information and Communications Security (NCICS).  

Its scope is broad: setting up a Federal CERT, activating provincial CERTs, drafting a five-year national cybersecurity strategy, building a cyber warfare escalation matrix, safeguarding critical infrastructure, and creati...