The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports a regional workshop on “National Cyber Incident Classification”

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports a “National Cyber Incident Classification” workshop for representatives of participating States from Central Asia and South Caucasus as well as from Mongolia on 21 and 22 September 2023 in Tashkent. The workshop is organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in co-operation with the Cyber Security Center Uzbekistan.

The workshop gathered experts in the cyber/ICT security field from Central Asia, South Caucasus and Mongolia, security officials and ICT experts. Discussions aimed to raise awareness on the importance of national cyber incident classification and enable an exchange of good practices in national cyber incident classification systems across the OSCE area.

"Establishing national cyber incident classification system is key to improve crisis management at national level as well as to build trust and mutual understanding at regional and international levels" - noted Mahé Dersoir, Policy Officer in the Cyber Policy Unit of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs “Our primary objective in organizing this event is to raise awareness about the critical importance of national cyber incident classification. We aim to promote, assist, and foster the implementation of national cyber incident severity scales throughout the OSCE region. In doing so, we seek to enhance our collective preparedness and response capabilities in the face of evolving cyber threats” – emphasized Mr. Sergei Sizov, Acting OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.

The workshop was delivered as part of the “Facilitation of the development and implementation of national cyber incident severity scales (NCISS) and related measures to protect critical infrastructures” project, which is funded by France and Germany.