Abstract

“The Committee “Challenges of the Future, Science, Technology, and Innovation,” in addition to carrying out its legislative work, has established itself as a platform for generating foresight and addressing topics beyond political contingency, but with a future-oriented perspective. From this Committee, topics have emerged that will certainly influence the future of the nation, and they are condensed in the book “Chile Has a Future, from its Territories,” published this year, which contains the initiatives addressed from its creation until the year 2021. The creation of the Cybersecurity Task Force within this Committee was an initiative promoted by Senator Ximena Órdenes and Senator Kenneth Pugh, to raise awareness about cybersecurity issues already raised in the report of the Chile Digital Strategy 2035 conducted under the auspices of the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications. Its purpose is to develop these matters in a framework of broad collaboration. The task force formally started on July 7, 2022, in a special session of the Committee on Future Challenges (chaired by Senator Francisco Chahuán), which convened 140 specialists from academia, industry, public services, police, armed forces, civil organizations, and other professionals focused on issues related to cybersecurity, digital transformation, and public policies. They accepted the invitation to participate and contribute their time and effort. The work presented here involved a personal commitment through countless meetings and thousands of work hours, readings, and conversations with the sole purpose of contributing to this initiative while dedicating personal and professional time. This work adheres to the guiding principle that governs those of us in the field: ¡In cybersecurity, we don’t compete, we collaborate!