The aim of the seminar is to present three main international cybersecurity indexes, their methodology, scope, practical applications, and limitations to LAC4 member country stakeholders and policymakers from cyber security, digital matters, diplomacy sectors.

The seminar provides a comprehensive overview of three main and globally recognized cybersecurity assessment frameworks:

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI)
• e-Governance Academy (eGA) National Cyber Security Index (NCSI)
• Oxford Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model (CMM)

Participants: open to national and regional policymakers and experts of LAC4 member countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, the Netherlands, Panama, Uruguay and RedCLARA.

Speakers:

Caroline Troein (International Telecommunications Union) works at the ITU as cross thematic programme officer, and works on projects related to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and digital capacity, leading work on the Global Cybersecurity Index.

• ITU will share an overview of the GCI model, which tracks 194 countries across 83 questions on the presence of various cybersecurity measures. With a focus on how the model is constructed and data is collected, verified and validated. There will also be examples of how countries have used the GCI in improving their cybersecurity.

Radu Serrano (e-Governance Academy) is an expert at the Cybersecurity Competence Centre of eGA, administering and implementing international projects primarily in the American, African and European regions.

• Since 2018, the National Cyber Security Index has been transparent, freely available, global live index (measuring the preparedness of countries to prevent cyber threats and manage cyber incidents), a database with publicly available evidence materials and a tool for national cyber security capacity building. Visit it at ncsi.ega.ee

Joe Fulwood (Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford) is a Global Engagements and Communications Officer at GCSCC.

• The GCSCC will present a short overview of the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM) which has been deployed in over 90 nations globally since 2015. This will include a summary of the methodology in relation to other models, examples of the impact it has had on policy and research globally, and areas that may be updated going forward.

Duration: 2h

Language: English and Spanish with simultaneous interpretation to English and Spanish.

Format: Interactive online seminar featuring expert speakers and participant contribution.

How to participate: Please register by 10th January 2025 to seminar via registration link https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrduCgrjkuEtanEsOIb3EEhv-Z5B7hgWj5

NB! Participation is limited up to 40 participants per country on a first-come-first-serve basis.