Advanced Cyber Security Workshop in Chile

The CICTE Secretariat conducted an �Advanced Workshop in Management of a National Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)� in Santiago, Chile, which was directed at countries of the Andean Region and included the participation of 35 representatives from Member States. The workshop was conducted with support from the Chilean Department of the Interior and financial support from Canada. With the goal of providing information on the management of cybernetic incidents and mitigation techniques, practical exercises were conducted in which participants were divided into four groups that simulated the functioning of a CSIRT. Communication between the groups was conducted through the network, whose user accounts were hosted by the OAS, simulating a Hemispheric Network of CSIRTS. At the conclusion of the workshop, the government of Chile invited those present to visit the Department of the Interior�s Center of Internet Operations (CORE) so that they would have a better understanding of the day to day issues Chile faces in this field. In addition to the exercises planned and coordinated by experts from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay, the participants saw presentations from representatives from CITEL (Inter-American Telecommunication Commission), REMJA (Meetings of the Ministers of Justice), the Department of Information and Communication Security (DSIC) of Brazil, Costa Rica and Spain, concerning relevant issues related to cyber security. During this workshop, Mr. Revelino Haselhoef, an expert from Suriname, made a presentation about Response and Mitigation of Cyber attacks and showed a series of videos hat have been used in order to raise awareness within civil society.

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