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National CIRT Establishment

Project No 9ZIM17008
Title National CIRT Establishment
Description The main goal of the project is to assist the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), 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 POTRAZ in building and deploying the technical capabilities and related trainings necessary to establish its national CIRT. Thus it is expected to lead to the development of national cybersecurity capacity while moving forward on enhancing regional and international collaboration.
Area of Action Cybersecurity
Status
Time Frame From 1/7/2017 To 28/2/2021
Beneficiary Countries Zimbabwe
Implementing Agency ITU
Cooperation Agency Postal Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ)
Financial Scale (CHF) 100'000 - 500'000
Achievements

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