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Regional Cyberdrill for Africa

Regional Cyberdrill for Africa (AFR)
BICC, Lilongwe, Malawi, 8-12 May 2023

BACKGROUND

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) improves a states' cybersecurity readiness, protection, and incident response capabilities by conducting CyberDrills at the regional and international levels. A CyberDrill is an annual event during which cyber-attacks, information security incidents, or other types of disruptions are simulated in order to test an organization's cyber capabilities, from being able to detect a security incident to the ability to respond appropriately and minimize any related impact. Through a CyberDrill, participants are able to validate policies, plans, procedures, processes, and capabilities that enable preparation, prevention, response, recovery, and continuity of operations.

To date, the ITU has organized more than 30 CyberDrill events around the world to enhance cybersecurity capacity and capabilities through regional collaboration and cooperation.

The 2023 ITU Regional CyberDrill for Africa was held, from 8^th to 12^th May 2023, at Bingu International Conference Center, in Lilongwe, Malawi at the kind invitation of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA). 

PURPOSE

The purpose of the symposium was to provide an appropriate platform for senior ICT and cyber security officials from the Africa region to discuss, formulate strategic directions and plans to tackle emerging threats to the global and regional Security sector and the purpose of the Cyberdrill is to enhance the communication and incident response capabilities of the participating teams as well as to ensure a continued collective effort in mitigating cyber threats among the Region's national Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRTs).

OBJECTIVE

The regional Cyberdrill for Africa tailored event sessions around four thematic concepts: Reflect, Share, Learn and Practice

Reflect: Bring together the regional cybersecurity community to review major regional cybersecurity trends and consider improvements based on the five pillars of ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) and The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI).
Share: Promote knowledge sharing of beneficial communication networks, and exchange funding stream resources.
Learn: Build capacity for the CSIRT communities within incident response and critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP)
Practice: Test operational resiliency key concepts across CSIRT/CIRT/CERT community
PROGRAMME
08-09 May 2023: Learn 09:00-17:00 (CAT)
10 May 2023: Reflect and Share
11-12 May 2023: Practice
Speakers Registration

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The regional Cyberdrill is open to national CIRTs/CSIRTs, Ministries, regulators, telecommunication operators, academia and educational institutions, telecommunication equipment manufacturers, research and design institutes, software developers including other interested stakeholders of the ITU Member States, and sector members in Africa.