Cyber security and the protection of critical information infrastructures are vital for citizens and the private sector to trust the internet. Therefore, the creation of well-functioning Computer Security Incident Response Teams/Computer Emergency Response Teams (CSIRT/CERTs) is crucial.

The Joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe – iPROCEEDS - in cooperation with the Romanian Computer Security Incident Response Team, organised a study visit on CSIRT/CERT regulations and operational environment, at Headquarters of the pilot-project Center for Innovation in Cybersecurity, in Bucharest, Romania. The event was attended by cybersecurity professionals from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Turkey and Kosovo*¹.

The study visit aimed to strengthen the capacities of the newly established CERTs through an exchange of knowledge, experience and best practices related to the operational environment of CERTs.

The professionals from South-eastern Europe and Turkey exchanged knowledge, experience and best practices on the subject and discussed about the necessary regulatory framework in which cybersecurity community can operate.

The participants got up-to-date knowledge of CSIRT/CERT operating and regulatory environment, had solid understanding of the opportunities for operational exchange of data, intelligence and crime reports, and established closer links between cybersecurity professional communities in the region.

• Agenda
• iPROCEEDS website

_{*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.}