Events

“CSIRT Technical and Operational Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”

EU CyberNet and LAC4 in cooperation with the Andean Community organised the I Cybersecurity Exercise for the Andean region.

EU CyberNet and LAC4 in cooperation with the Agency for Electronic Government and the Information and Knowledge Society (AGESIC) and the Delegation of the European Union in Uruguay, are organizing the I Regional Cybersecurity Exercise for the Southern Cone.

Five-day training course on cyberdiplomacy for the Diplomatic Academy in Chile.

The weeklong seminar was conducted to help the beneficiary countries create coordinated transnational response to fight cybercrime and human trafficking.   

GLACY+ Project in coordination with EUCN and LAC4 held the Advisory Mission on Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Online Crime Proceeds and the mission for support setting up and strengthening of 24/7 points of contact for cybercrime and e-evidence and In-country workshops and advice on interagency cooperation.   

The interactive training course will be combined of both administrative as well as technical aspects of ensuring effective information security within organisations and at the national level.

The interactive training course will be combined of both administrative as well as technical aspects of ensuring effective information security within organisations and at the national level.

The 11th ITU Cyberdrill is an event of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D). The event is meant for governments, institutions, and/or national CIRTs/CERTs to participate with technicians on cybersecurity and representatives at the manager level.  

The workshop offers concise, practical guidance for creating and updating a National Cybersecurity Strategy based on the instructors upcoming publication with the EU Cyber4Dev project – National Cybersecurity Strategy Toolbox.

The workshop will combine both administrative and technical aspects to assist in improving effective information security within an organization.

The strategic scenario-based cybersecurity competition involves 12 student teams from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica , Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama and Uruguay. EU CyberNet/LAC4 is delighted to support this Cyber 9/12’s first regional competition in Latin America, and team up with the Atlantic Council, United States Department of State, Cyber4Dev, INTEC and the MITRE Corporation.

The training is a cooperation between the Cybersecurity Centre of the Dominican Republic (CNCS) and LAC4.

GALLERY! Within the framework of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit on March 27, 2023, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell Fontelles inaugurates Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Capacity Center (LAC4) with the first official visit.

The 3-day workshop focuses on cybersecurity and data protection for LAC region beneficiary: Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

3-day hands-on workshop for women only: Training in Vulnerability Management and Open Source Intelligence

On 7 December 2022 a Memorandum of Understanding got signed between the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) representing the Government of Costa Rica and the Information System Authority of the Republic of Estonia (RIA), the implementer of the EU CyberNet. 

Experts from the EU CyberNet Project and the Latin American and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre participated as speakers during the celebration of the 4th International Congress on Information Security in La Paz, Bolivia from November 28 to 30.

On 22-24 November, EU CyberNet will conduct training on “EU External Cyber Capacity Building” for the personnel of EU delegations in Latin America and the Caribbean region. The training will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Online training on OSINT and threat intelligence for the CSIRT teams in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

On 17 November 2022
Table-top exercise on testing cyber crisis management procedures and cross-border information sharing.

LAC4 Regional Discussion On Communications

GFCE Latin America & Caribbean Regional Meeting 2022
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

On 14-16 November, in collaboration with FIRST, The Incident Response training is conducted by Melanie Rieback and David Rufenacht.

EU CyberNet experts will carry out training for law enforcement officers, prosecutors and the incident-handling community on cybercrime and electronic evidence with a special focus on digital forensics.

The 3-day hands-on workshop is designed to provide knowledge for the whole cycle of IT security assessment – planning and tools, practical testing and evaluating the long-term effects of security assessment in an organisation.

On 24-27 October 2022
Four-day training course on cyber diplomacy for the Diplomatic Academy in Quito and Ecuadorian diplomats.

Cybersecurity Symposium 2022, a training event in various areas related to cybersecurity, took place from October 3 to 7, 2022.

During the first week of October 2022 RedCLARA and the Estonian Information Systems Authority (RIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding seeking to promote cybersecurity collaboration between the two parties.

One-day workshop to discuss new trends, national strategy and ideas how to take digital transformation opportunities into practice in a secure and sustainable manner involving government, private sector and the non-governmental organisations.

Is a 4-day program designed by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University with the sponsorship of the United States Department of State and the National Cybersecurity Center of the Dominican Republic (CNCS).

Workshop for experts from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica on Cryptocurrencies and Money Laundering

EU CyberNet Project together with the Ecuadorian authorities are organising the 1st regional training for the countries of the Andean Community on Information Security principles and best practices

EU CyberNet Project is organising a 5-day seminar for the DR cybersecurity authorities and critical service operators to assist in the development of a nation-wide cybersecurity risk assessment.

EU CyberNet Project is organising in cooperation with the EU Delegation to the Dominican Republic an informal seminar for diplomats on the strategic cybersecurity challenges we face in relation to digitalisation and new technologies.

Technical aspects of ensuring effective information security within any organization

Strategic recommendations for the effective implementation of actions to improve the maturity of cybersecurity capabilities and cyber risk management

Estonian Information System Authority (RIA), the implementer of the EU CyberNet project is signing the MoU in Quito with the Government of Ecuador – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility and the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Society to formalise collaboration in the framework of the LAC4 initiative

Online training for the Caribbean countries to help prepare for cyber crises

Workshop for experts from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica on prevention and investigation of cybercrime.

The Director General of the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA), the implementer of the EU CyberNet project is signing the MoU with Uruguay to formalise collaboration in the framework of the LAC4 initiative

Evolving cyber threat landscape, malicious actors, and challenges to securing cyberspace in the context of existing and emerging technologies and how it could impact Uruguay

Meetings with public and private sector stakeholders to define a roadmap of activities for Ecuador that could be carried out in the framework of LAC4.

The aim of the training is to teach the participants the foundations of designing and executing a cybersecurity exercise in their home country

The EU CyberNet, in collaboration with Cyber4Dev, Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) and the National Cybersecurity Centre of the Dominican Republic are hosting a Regional Cybersecurity Conference for Internet Service Providers in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This event will constitute a practical knowledge sharing between telecom regulators and Internet service providers to address how to prevent and detect cybercrime, better defend their networks and protect their customers from online threats.

Awareness raising seminars for executives on cybersecurity and digital society in Dominican Republic.