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Developing national capacities to strengthen cybersecurity
Publishing date: 14 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
Promoting the responsible use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by OSCE participating States was the focus of a two-day training event held in Belgrade, Serbia on 13 and 14 March. With the continued digitalization of societies, states are increasingly using ICTs to pursue their objectives. However, in a borderless domain such as cyberspace, this can lead to misperception and a lack of transparency.
OSCE organizes first ever hackathon against human trafficking in Albania
Publishing date: 7 February 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Cyber/ICT Security
Thirty representatives from state institutions and civil society organizations engaged in the first hackathon against trafficking in human beings in Albania – a learning-by-doing training where they worked together to detect online human trafficking and child sexual exploitation, on 6 and 7
OSCE supports training on cybercrime and digital evidence in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
From 6 to 8 December, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported the State Committee of National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic in delivering an introductory course on cybercrime and digital evidence to 20 representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Countering internet use for terrorist purposes focus of OSCE-led exercises in Serbia
Publishing date: 17 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
From 15 to 17 November 2023, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and the Serbian Ministry of the Interior delivered a National Table-Top Exercise (TTX) in Belgrade on countering the use of the internet for terrorist purposes.
OSCE training enhances capacities of participating States in international cyber diplomacy
Publishing date: 7 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
On 6 November, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department held an international cyber diplomacy training course focused on building national capacities to engage in international cyber policy deliberations.
OSCE gathers experts to discuss coordinated vulnerability disclosure, one of the cyber/ICT security confidence-building measures
Publishing date: 27 September 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
The OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department organized a workshop on coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD)- a process of managing vulnerabilities in Information and Communication Technology systems that reduces their harm.
OSCE engages in regional consultations on the United Nations Programme of Action for cybersecurity
Publishing date: 14 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
On 14 June, in co-operation with the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) held a regional consultation on the United Nations Programme of Action for cybersecurity. The consultations seek to advance responsible behaviour in the use of information and communications technologies in the context of international security.