The 6th Central European Cybersecurity Public-Private Dialogue Platform was held from 12 to 14 September 2018 in Sibiu, Romania.
Within the framework of the ITU European regional initiative on Enhancing Trust and Confidence in the use of ICTs, adopted by the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 (WTDC-17), Buenos Aires, the Forum is organized by the Swiss Webacademy, with the support of the International Telecommunication Union as well as other entities including Romanian Regulatory Authority (ANCOM), the Romanian CERT, the National Romanian Police, the Romanian Intelligence Service's CYBERINT center, the Swiss Canton of Geneva.
The main goal of the event was to create an open dialogue among countries in Central Europe in order to improve information sharing and cooperation in the field of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity professionals and policy and decision makers from Central European countries will participate in the sessions, promoting constructive dialogue between governments, ICT security players and consumers.
The challenge was to create, through specific workshops and interactive sessions, a prolific and useful debate where every participant enhance their subject matter understanding and avail of networking opportunities. This will allow for a complete understanding of the principles of the newest security problems and how to face them, and for cybersecurity specialists to see that practices can be shared among different countries.
