Coping with the growing threats posed by digitalisation, intensified by the COVID-19 crisis, and the surge in cyber-attacks coming from a wide range of sources, has been on the agendas of almost all countries and organisations in the world.
Effective ways to respond to these challenges, as well as solutions and methods to enhance regional and international co-operation have been discussed at the Balkan Cybersecurity Days Conference, held in Ohrid, North Macedonia, on 16 - 18 May 2023.
The event was organised by the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), in co-operation with Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and was used as a platform for sharing best practices and experiences, improving incident detection and response capabilities. Other topics discussed included enhancing the ability of the cybersecurity community to conduct forensic investigations and penetration testing and streamlining of security standards.
Under Result 2, the iPROCEEDS-2 project is committed to helping the countries/area in South Eastern Europe and Turkiye to develop procedures for cybercrime/incident reporting and sharing of data by CERTs/CSIRTs with criminal justice authorities. Therefore, it has supported the participation of five CERT/CSIRTS in the region.
iPROCEEDS-2 project webpage