News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Digital Security and Media Literacy in focus at the Ninth OSCE Forum on Internet Development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 May 2018
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 May 2018 – The OSCE-supported Ninth Annual Central Asian Forum on Internet Development began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Protections against cyber threats must build trust and uphold fundamental freedoms, say OSCE parliamentarians at Lisbon conference
Publishing date: 9 May 2018
LISBON, 8 May 2018 – Governments, parliaments and international organizations should address the growing challenges associated with information and communications technology (ICT) by enhancing co-operation and implementing policies to bridge gaps in current legal frameworks, participants said today at a conference in Lisbon organized by the Portuguese Parliament and co-hosted by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Ensuring that freedom of information and individual privacy are not infringed upon while countering cyber threats is equally important, they said...
First OSCE-supported national tabletop exercise in Skopje on handling cyber/ICT security incidents at national and international level
Publishing date: 8 May 2018
The first national tabletop exercise on handling cyber/ ICT security incidents, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEC), was held on 8 May 2018 in Skopje...
OSCE delivers training course on transnational organized crime facilitated by cyberspace in Tirana
Publishing date: 21 April 2018
Assessing digital intelligence and implementing findings obtained for planning operative measures in the fight against transnational organized crime facilitated by the Internet was the focus of the OSCE-hosted one-week training course, which took place from 16 to 20 April in Tirana...
OSCE hosts regional training course on malware investigations in Tirana
Publishing date: 23 March 2018
Enhancing the knowledge and skills of law enforcement officials from South-Eastern Europe in investigating malicious software (in short malware) was the focus of a OSCE-hosted one-week training course, which concluded on 23 March in Tirana.
Joint OSCE-UNODC regional training course on cryptocurrencies, darknet and open-source investigations concludes in Tirana
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
Enhancing the knowledge and skills of criminal justice practitioners from South-Eastern Europe in investigating cryptocurrencies and the darknet and using open-source intelligence methods was the focus of a one-week training course jointly delivered by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from 5 to 9 March 2018 at the Albanian Security Academy in Tirana...
OSCE shares experiences with Organization of American States on how to enhance interstate co-operation, transparency, predictability and stability in cyberspace
Publishing date: 5 March 2018
The OSCE shared its experiences of how it worked to prepare ground-breaking confidence-building measures to promote peaceful relations in cyberspace at the first meeting of the Organization of American States’ (OAS) working group on co-operation and confidence-building measures (CBMs) in cyberspace in Washington DC on 2 March 2018...