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CICTE Sub-regional Workshop for the Caribbean on Cybersecurity Awareness: Creation and Management of a National CSIRT

The CICTE Secretariat collaborated with CARICOM�s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to organize a �Sub-regional Workshop on Cyber Security Awareness: Creation and Management of a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)�, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, from December 1 to 5, 2008.  The over-arching objective of this first-of-its-kind workshop was to assist the Caribbean Member States to strengthen their national and regional cyber security capabilities � including through the formal establishment of and effective management of a national CSIRT � in accordance with the CARICOM regional cyber security strategy.

Approximately forty participants (40) represented thirteen (13) countries in the Caribbean region including: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.  Most of these participants are directly engaged in cyber security at the national level in their respective countries, with many working either in law enforcement, information technology, or both.  In addition, there were several participants representing academia and the private sector.

Participants received technical instruction on a range of subjects, including: the need for a national cyber security strategy, the creation and management of a national CSIRT, regional coordination among national CSIRTs, the development of international cyber security standards and related resources, the need for adequate cyber security legislation, and collaboration between national CSIRTs and law enforcement officials.

Subject experts participated from the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT-CC) of Carnegie Mellon University, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), TB Security of Spain, and the two other OAS entities working in cyber security, namely the Group of Governmental Experts on Cyber Crime of the Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA) and the Inter-American Telecommunications Committee (CITEL).

Trinidad and Tobago�s Minister of National Security and former Chair of CICTE, the Honorable Senator Martin Joseph, emphasized the appropriate timing of the workshop and the responsibility held by Trinidad and Tobago for building a sustained strategic response to security incidents. He also encouraged the participants to collaborate in the development of local and regional cyber security plans and to lay the groundwork for the creation and management of national CSIRTs throughout the region, including in Trinidad and Tobago.  It is hoped that participants will utilize the knowledge and contacts acquired through this workshop to advance national cyber security capabilities in their respective countries, and increase coordination on cyber security within the Caribbean region.

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