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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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Central American SME-s Focus on Building Their Cyber Resilience

18 small- and medium enterprises from Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama gathered in Antigua, Guatemala for a 3-day training for building and strengthening their cybersecurity skills in protecting their systems, safeguarding valuable information and mitigate cyber threats.

Strengthening Cyber Capacity: EU Diplomats to LAC Region Gathered for Training on Foundational Elements of Cyber Capacity Building

EU CyberNet and LAC4 welcomed the staff of the Delegations of the European Union and the Embassies of EU Member States to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean this week in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic to equip them with knowledge of the evolving landscape of cyberspace, cybersecurity and methods to formulate, design and monitor cyber capacity building programming in the region for greater EU-LAC cyber coordination.

EU Diplomats to LAC to Participate in Cyber Capacity Building Training

EU CyberNet and LAC4 welcome the delegations of the European Union to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to a three-day cyber capacity building training from 18th to 21st March in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.

Cross-Border Cyber Resilience in Focus at Tallinn Cyber Diplomacy Winter School in Santo Domingo

Tallinn Cyber Diplomacy Winter School brought cyber experts and diplomats from e-Governance Academy’s alumni network to Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic from 10th to 12th March for exchanges on common cyber challenges and explored diplomatic and other collaborative mechanisms to address these.

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Conference

CyberWeek@LAC4 2025

The 4th CyberWeek@LAC4 and 0ct0b3rf35t will take place in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic from 17th to 20th November 2025.

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Seminar

LAC4 Members-only Seminar: Introduction to an Open-Source Intelligence in Cybersecurity for Public Institutions

EU CyberNet invites LAC4 members to join the members-only series of online seminars on the most topical issues of cybersecurity. The fourth seminar “Introduction to an Open-Source Intelligence in Cybersecurity for Public Institutions” will take place on 10 April 2025 at 9:00 am (UTC/GMT -5)

Panama
Conference

Annual Executive Conference (Conferencia Anual de Ejecutivos, CADE) 2025

EU CyberNet Project Director Liina Areng will participate at the conference as a keynote speaker.

Brazil
Workshop

Information Security and Vulnerability Management Tool (F4SLE) Workshop

This one-day practical workshop is designed for Brazilian government institutions involved in digital transformation and commerce, particularly those supporting SMEs in improving their IT security. The training will introduce the F4SLE toolbox, an open-source tool developed by Estonian and Czech universities to assess and manage security risks for SMEs.

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Conference

7th CUDI Cybersecurity Conference

LAC4 is presenting expert Albert Haro at the 7th CUDI Cybersecurity Conference for workshop “Techniques and Tools for Post-Incident Recovery”.

Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic
Conference

HackConRD 2025 Conference

LAC4 Policy Expert César Moliné Rodríguez, and LAC4 and EU CyberNet expert Andrés Soriano are delivering presentations at HackConRD 2025 conference.

Antigua, Guatemala
Training

Training for Strengthening Cybersecurity Skills for SMEs

In recent years, cyber-attacks have grown exponentially in Central America, affecting people, governments and businesses alike. While governments and large companies have better tools and resources to prepare for and tackle these effects, the same is not true for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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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.

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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