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The Bridge to cyber capacity building in the Americas

Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre LAC4 is implemented by EU CyberNet 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

CyberWeek@LAC4 2024 Wrapped

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Importance of Cybersecurity Indexes: Improving National Cyber Resilience

The 3rd LAC4 members-only seminar focused on three main and globally recognized cybersecurity assessment framework and their impact to cybersecurity policies around the world. Seminar was attended by more than 170 stakeholders and policymakers from LAC4 members.

Holiday Greetings

The LAC4 team wishes happy holidays’ season and is looking forward to 2025 with excitement!

EU CyberNet’s 2024 Wrapped!

EU CyberNet’s 2024 is wrapped: a year of building bridges and navigating the path to stronger cyber capacity across the world. The EU CyberNet team wishes happy holidays’ season and is looking forward to 2025 with excitement!

NUMU Group joins LAC4

NUMU Group has become 13th member of LAC4. The accession ceremony took place in Santo Domingo on 11th November in the margins of CyberWeek@LAC4 2024.

LAC4 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
Training

EU External Cyber Capacity Building Course

On 18–20 March 2025, the ninth EU External Cyber Capacity Building training for the personnel of EU Delegations will be organised by EU CyberNet in LAC4 Centre in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Guatemala
Workshop

Train-the-Trainer: Cyber Awareness and Cyber Hygiene for Guatemala

Guatemala, like many other nations, is facing cybersecurity challenges brought by rapid cross-societal digitalisation. To address these challenges, LAC4 is organizing a workshop to train the trainers in cyber awareness and cyber hygiene in Guatemala.

Ecuador, Guayaquil
Workshop

Workshop on Cybersecurity in Ports for the Andean Region

The workshop aims to help ports and related authorities enhance their cyber security posture. Participants from selected ports and public authorities from the Andean region (Ecuador, Colombia, Peru) will acquire skills and knowledge necessary to develop robust strategies to address their specific challenges.

Online
Seminar

LAC4 Members-only Seminar: Cybersecurity Indexes

EU CyberNet invites LAC4 members to join the members-only series of online seminars on the most topical issues of cybersecurity. The third seminar “Cybersecurity Indexes” will take place on 16 January 2025 at 9:00 am (UTC/GMT -5)

Bahamas, Nassau
Conference

3rd Annual CIRT-BS Cybersecurity Conference + ITU Regional CyberDrill

LAC4 Policy Expert César Moliné is participatin in a session and delivers a keynote.

Online
Workshop

National cybersecurity strategy development and implementation workshop for Bolivia

The workshop offers the main cybersecurity stakeholders in Bolivia a concise and practical guidance for creating and implementing National Cybersecurity Strategy. Workshop is based on the instructors’ publication “National Cybersecurity Strategy Toolbox” within the EU Cyber4Dev project and is organised in cooperation with the Electronic Government and Information and Communication Technologies Agency (AGETIC) of Bolivia.

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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