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ITU 150

National CIRT Establishment in Burundi

Project No 9BDI12011
Title National CIRT Establishment in Burundi
Description

The main goal of the project is to assist the government of Burundi to establish its national Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) to serve as a trusted, central coordination point of contact for cybersecurity; aimed at identifying, defending, responding and managing cyber threats.
ITU will assist the government of Burundi in building and deploying the technical capabilities and related trainings necessary to establish its national CIRT. Thus it is expected to lead to development of national cybersecurity capacity while moving forward on enhancing regional and international collaboration.

 

Area of Action Cybersecurity
Status Implemented
Time Frame From 1/1/2013 To 30/12/2022
Beneficiary Countries Burundi
Implementing Agency ITU
Cooperation Agency Agence de Régulation et de Contrôle des Télécommunications du Burundi (ARCT)
Financial Scale (CHF) 100'000 - 500'000
Achievements Will be updated following the completion of the project