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Bosnia and Herzegovina hosts sub-regional training on role of information and communication technologies in international security
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Conflict prevention and resolution
SARAJEVO, 23 May 2019 – A two-day training course on the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the context of regional and international security, which gathered some 40 participants from seven countries of South-Eastern Europe started today in Sarajevo. The training course is jointly organized by the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Mission to BiH...
Fourth Central Asian Internet Governance Forum in Tashkent Explores How to Empower Region through Use of Cyberspace
Publishing date: 15 May 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
The Fourth Central Asian Internet Governance Forum is taking place on 15 and 16 May 2019 in Tashkent. The event aims to provide a platform to discuss Internet governance policies in Central Asian countries.
Cyber security and use of Internet for terrorist purposes and organized crime in Montenegro discussed at OSCE-organized seminar in Podgorica
Publishing date: 9 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
The Slovak 2019 OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a two-day seminar on cyber/ICT security and use of the Internet for terrorist and organized crime purposes on 3 and 4 April 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator presents awareness-raising videos to boost cybercrime prevention efforts in Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 March 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
Two videos designed by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to support efforts by the Department of Cyberpolice, National Police of Ukraine in raising awareness of cybersecurity issues, were presented at a joint event in Kyiv on Wednesday, 6 March 2019. One video provides instructions on how to avoid fraud and phishing during shopping, the other prompts Ukrainians to abide by basic rules to protect personal and corporate data while they are online...
OSCE Transnational Threats Department co-organizes training course in Athens on enhancing cyber stability and co-operation in the Mediterranean region
Publishing date: 13 February 2019
Forty policymakers, technical officers and private sector representatives from ten OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation completed a two-day sub-regional training course in Athens on how international cyber/ICT security mechanisms can enhance regional cyber stability...
Strengthening OSCE-EU co-operation discussed at first annual high-level meeting held in Brussels
Publishing date: 13 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
Improving institutional interaction and furthering co-operation between the OSCE and the EU in areas of common interest across all three OSCE security dimensions – politico-military, economic and environmental and human – was the focus of the first-ever EU–OSCE annual high-level meeting, held on 12 December in Brussels.
Open Data Challenge 2018 concludes in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 7 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Youth
An award ceremony marking the completion of the Open Data Challenge 2018, a digital information competition organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), in co-operation with the Ministry for Development of Information Technology and Information of the Republic of Uzbekistan, took place today in Tashkent.