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Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre LAC4 is implemented by Estonian Information System Authority and funded by the European Union, established in 2022 with the physical training facility in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.

Building Regional Cyber Capacity Resilience in Santo Domingo 17.-20.11.2025

CyberWeek@LAC4 2025

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Members-only Seminar on CSIRT Simulation Scenarios

The 8th LAC4 members-only seminar, delivered by experts Helio Sant’Ana and Ian McWilliam, focused on strengthening CSIRT preparedness through cyber incident simulation exercises. The session emphasised that effective incident response depends not only on technical tools but also on coordinated procedures and teams trained to operate under pressure.

Mexico Joins LAC4

Mexico on behalf of the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency of Mexico (ATDT) has become the 18th member of LAC4.

Building Cyberdiplomacy Capacity in Panama

LAC4 concluded a three-day workshop on cyberdiplomacy for the staff of Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held from 4 to 6 February in Panama City.

Chile Joins LAC4

Chile, through the National Cybersecurity Agency (ANCI), has become the 17th member of LAC4.

Montevideo, Uruguay
Training

Cybersecurity Training for Cities “Is Your City Cyber Safe?”

LAC4 is organising a training and table-top exercise under title “Is Your City Cyber Safe?” for cities in Montevideo, Uruguay. Participants from cities of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay are expected to attend.

Montevideo, Uruguay
Training

Journalists on the Frontline: Reporting Safely and Accurately on Cyber Incidents

LAC4 is organising a training for Uruguayan journalists. The training, titled “Journalists on the Frontline: Reporting Safely and Accurately on Cyber Incidents”, focuses strengthening journalistic capacity in Uruguayan media to effectively understand, cover and report on cybersecurity issues, incident and cybercrime.

Online
Training

Advanced Cybersecurity Operations Training: Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Threat Detection and Response for Jamaica

LAC4 is organising a training for Jamaica’s public sector cybersecurity professionals, as in an increasingly complex cyber threat landscape, the ability to rapidly detect, analyse and respond to security incidents is essential for organisational and national resilience.

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Seminar

LAC4 members-only seminar: CSIRT Simulation Scenarios

LAC4 and EU CyberNet in cooperation with Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst invite LAC4 members to join the exclusive members-only online seminar series on the most current cybersecurity topics. Join us for the 9th edition titled “CSIRT Simulation Scenarios” on February 11th, 2026 at 9:00 AM (UTC/GMT -4).

Panama, Panama City
Training

Cyberdiplomacy Workshop for Panama

LAC4 will organize a cyberdiplomacy workshop in Panama from February 4 to 6 for staff from the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   

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Seminar

International Data Protection Day Webinar

CEDIA (the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and the Academy), is organising webinar to address current legislation, best practices, security tools as well as case studies and emerging threats in privacy and data management.

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Seminar

LAC4 members-only seminar: Vulnerability Assessment

LAC4 and EUCyberNet invite LAC4 members to join the exclusive members-only online seminar series on the most current cybersecurity topics. Join us for the 7thedition on ‘Vulnerability Assessment’ that will take place on December 3rd, 2025 at 9:00 AM (UTC/GMT -5) – with a special expert from Seoul, Korea thanks to the collaboration with CAMP and KISA Korean agencies.

Who we are?

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Vision

LAC4 will improve the cybersecurity capacities of Latin America and the Caribbean fostering a more secure cyberspace.

Mission

Enhance cyber capacities in the LAC region, delivered by the EU CyberNet though its Expert Pool and in collaboration with other EU-funded capacity building projects and international partners.

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Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre LAC4 is

  • state-of-the-art hybrid training facility
  • capacity to develop and provide technical, policy and strategic level courses, consultations and simulation;
  • platform for doctrine development and research coordination;
  • channel to cyber capacity building, training modules and materials

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Cybersecurity requires international coordinated approach and agile collaboration models. LAC4 aims to become an international, cross-sector effort, serving as a nexus for cooperation between national and international, public and private stakeholders.

Expert pool

Join the EU CyberNet network of experts to contribute with your knowledge and experience in LAC4 trainings and other activities

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