National CIRT

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 Worldwide there are currently 139 National CIRTs - See full list...

CIRT ASSESSMENT​​

​ITU HAS TO DA​TE COMPLETED CIRT ASSESSMENTS FOR MORE THAN 80 COUNTRIES​

​​Africa​ (33):	​Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Dem Rep), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabonese Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea‐Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Eswa​tini, Tanzania, Togolese Republic, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe​
Americas (18):​	Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Dominica , Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guyana​,Honduras, Jamaica , St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago​
Arab Region (7):	Comoros, Djibouti, Jo​​​rdan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestine, Sudan
​Asia & Pacific (16):	​Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal , Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Europe & CIS (10):​	Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Serbia

​​CIRT ESTABLISHMENT

After the CIRT assessment, the initiative assists with planning, implementation, and operation of the CIRT. ITU’s continued collaboration wi​th the newly esta​​blish CIRT ensures that support remains​​ available, and institutions can be further enhanced.​

​​ITU HAS ESTABLISHED OR ENHANCED CIRTS IN 17 COUNTRIES​​

​​ITU has established National CIRT​s in 15 countries: ​​​​​​	​Barb​ados​​, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cyprus (Govern​mental CIRT) + National CSIRT​,​ Gambia, Ghana​, Jamaica, ​Kenya​​, Montenegro​,​ Palestine​, Tanzania, Tri​​nid​ad​​ and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia​.​
CIRT Implementations in progress in 4 countries:​	Burundi, ​Bahamas, Malawi, Kyrgyzstan​
CIRT Enhancement in 2 countries:	Kenya, Barbados

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​​​LIST OF ITU PROJECTS RELATED TO CIRTs

ONGOING ​​​​​	​	​IMPLEMENTED
​CIRT Establishment in Bahamas (9BHA20005) ​​​Communications CIRT Est​ablishment (9BOT18006)​ ​National CIRT Establishment - Burundi (9BDI12011)​​​ National CIRT Establishment - Gambia (2GAM16002​)​​​ Establishment of a Cybersecurity Innovation Centre for the Arab Region (7OMA13005)​​​​ Cybersecurity in Pacific Island Countries (9RAS17059)​​ ​Malawi CERT Establishment​ (9MLW19002)​ ​​	​	​Enhanced Kenya ​CIRT/CC (9KEN15006​)​ ​National CIRT Establishment - Cyprus (9CYP17002​) ​​​ ​​Human Capacity Building in Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (9THA15030)​​ National CIRT Estab​lishment in Ghana (9GHA13004)​​​ ​National CIRT Establishment in Jamaica (9JAM13002)​​​ National CIRT Establishment in Barbados (9BAR13002)​​​ ​​​​ Governmental CIRT Establishment in Cyprus (9CYP13001)​ ​​​​ National CIRT Establishment in Ivory Coast (9IVC12002)​​​ National CIRT Establishment in Tanzania (9URT12005)​ ​​ ​​​​National CIRT Establishment in Uganda (9UGA11007)​ ​Uganda CIRT​​​ ​​National CIRT Establishment in Montenegro (2MNE11001)​ ​Montenegro CIRT ​National CIRT Establishment in Burkina Faso (9BKF12008)​ ​Burkina Faso CIRT​ ​National CIRT Establishment in Zambia (9ZAM11005)​​ ​​Zambia CIRT ​National CIRT Establishment in Kenya (9KEN12005)​​ ​​Keny​​a CIRT​​ ​​Least Developed Countries Infrastructure Protection Program​ | Project Framework (7GLO13071)​​ Implementation: ​​ ​- Sierra Leone​ - Comoros​​​ ​​National CIRT Esta​blishment in Trinidad and Tobago (9TRI14003​)​​​ ​CIRT Implementation of CIRT Services and related capabilities (2PLS18--5)​​

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​FURTHER RESOURCES AND LINKS​

                                               

PDF/Link to​ ​ITU cybersecurity programme: CIRT framework

​​​​PDF/Link to CIRT Establishment Training document

​PDF/Link to Flyer: FIRST membership information

Link to related work field: Cybersecurity Insight​

​​Video: Cyprus: Responding to and managing cyber-threats​​

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