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Aviation security in focus of OSCE training course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 April 2017
ASHGABAT, 27 April 2017- An OSCE-organized training course on security procedures at aviation checkpoints and analysing X-ray images for aviation security and law-enforcement personnel concluded today in Ashgabat. The practical training course brought together 19 officials from the Aviation
OSCE Secretary General meets Albania’s Defence Minister
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Albania’s Minister of Defence Mimi Kodheli on 7 April 2017 during her bilateral visit to Austria...
Protecting critical infrastructure from cyber attacks is crucial for international peace and security, say participants of OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 16 February 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
VIENNA, 16 February 2017- Effectively protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats must be a priority for international efforts to enhance cyber stability between States and therefore prevent tension and even conflicts, said participants of a conference in Vienna on Wednesday, opened by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz...
'Who dunnit?': OSCE Chairmanship event in Vienna tackles issue of attribution in cyber-attacks
Publishing date: 4 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
VIENNA, 4 November 2016 – Some 100 representatives from governments as well as from academia and the business sector, including security software developers, from across the OSCE region gathered in Vienna today for the Cyber Showcase Event of the German OSCE Chairmanship – this year focusing on the issue of attribution...
OSCE-trained Ukrainian cyber-police officers begin fulfilling their mission
Publishing date: 18 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
KHARKIV, Ukraine, 18 July 2016 – Today is the first working day for eighty-four cyber-police officers, trained by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine on the grounds of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. 20 special agents and 64 inspectors make up one-third of the personnel of the new Cyber Police Department, which was created within the National Police of Ukraine as part of the wider law enforcement reforms in the country...
Security of the global supply chain in focus of OSCE and UNECE discussion in Geneva
Publishing date: 17 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Cyber/ICT Security
GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 June 2016 – Addressing the main security risks in the inland transport sector, such as terrorism, theft, illegal border crossings, the trafficking of dangerous substances and waste, was the focus of a joint OSCE-UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Inland Transport Security Discussion Forum on Securing the Global Supply Chain that ended in Geneva today...
OSCE-supported event trains Moldovan judges and prosecutors on investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Cyber/ICT Security