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Day 2 of the “Is Your City Cyber Safe?” Training: Turning Gaps into Opportunities for Resilience

The second day of the cybersecurity training for cities in Montevideo, Uruguay focused identifying gaps in urban cybersecurity and exploring how these gaps can be transformed into opportunities for improving cities’ cyber resilience.

Day 1 of the “Is Your City Cyber Safe?” Training: Approach to Urban Cyber Resilience

The first day of the cybersecurity training for cities in Montevideo, Uruguay focused on understanding key components of cyber resilient cities, discussing challenges Southern Cone cities face as well as exploring cybersecurity governance and crisis management practices across the region.

Focus on Cities’ Cybersecurity: Strengthening Cyber Resilience of Latin American Cities

LAC4 in cooperation with partners is organising a 3-day training “Is Your City Cyber Safe” for local authorities of Southern Cone countries Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay from 4 to 6 March in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Strengthening Cybersecurity Journalism in Latin America and the Caribbean

LAC4 in cooperation with Agency for Electronic Government and Information and Knowledge Society of Uruguay (AGESIC) and the Delegation of the European Union to Uruguay organised a training for journalists in Montevideo, Uruguay from 2 to 3 March 2026. The training, titled “Journalist on the Frontline: Reporting Safely and Accurately on Cyber Incidents” and led by EU CyberNet Experts Carlos Leonardo and Diogo Carapihna, focused on strengthening journalistic capacity among Uruguayan media representatives and journalists to improve understanding, covering and reporting on cybersecurity issues. 

LAC4 Enhances Jamaica’s Cyber Resilience with Advanced Cybersecurity Training

LAC4 organised an online advanced cybersecurity operations training for Jamaica’s public sector cybersecurity professionals from 23 to 26 February. Training focused on building rapid detection, analysis and response capabilities by leveraging open-source tools for threat detection and response.

LAC4 to Train Journalists on Reporting Cyber Incidents

LAC4 in cooperation with Agency for Electronic Government and Information and Knowledge Society of Uruguay (AGESIC) is organising a training for Uruguayan journalists in Montevideo, Uruguay from 2 to 3 March. The training, titled “Journalists on the Frontline: Reporting Safely and Accurately on Cyber Incidents”, focuses strengthening journalistic capacity among Uruguayan media representatives and journalists to effectively understand, cover and report on cybersecurity issues, incident and cybercrime.

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.