Her CyberTracks initiative Incident Response CyberTrack brings together aspiring female cybersecurity professionals from across Latin America and the Caribbean to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and capacity building in cybersecurity. Through intensive workshops, practical simulations, site visits and mentorship sessions, participants will develop the skills and confidence necessary to play leading roles in their national and regional cybersecurity ecosystems. 

The Women in CyberTech Camp@LAC4 agenda introduces participants to incident response and handling, CSIRT operations, open source intelligence (OSINT), cyber threat intelligence, digital forensics, malware analysis and threat hunting followed by visit to the National Cybersecurity Centre of the Dominican Republic (CSIRT-RD), table-top exercises and capture-the-flag (CTF) challenge. 

Her CyberTracks: Women in CyberTech Camp@LAC4 is led by EU CyberNet instructors Sille Arikas, Sandra Bardon and Priska Pietra. 

Background 

Her CyberTracks initiative delivers targeted cybersecurity capacity-building activities for women through a five-month structured online training curriculum, concluding with sub-regional in-person meetings.  It combines technical and policy-focused cybersecurity training, networking opportunities and tailored mentorship with senior leaders in the field. 

Her CyberTracks: Women in CyberTech Camp@LAC4 gathers 17 women from Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay representing a diverse range of cybersecurity backgrounds – from information security and IT engineering to policymaking and risk management. 

Her CyberTracks is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office (FFO) and the European Union (EU), with contributions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy (MAECI). The initiative is co-implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in partnership with the Global Programme on Cybercrime of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Latin America and Caribbean Cyber Competence Centre (LAC4).