The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) aims to improve the cybersecurity readiness, protection, and incident response capabilities of Member States by conducting CyberDrills at the national, ECOWAS regional level. This event where cyber-attacks, information security incidents, and other disruptions are simulated, help to test an organization's cyber capabilities. Over the past ten years, ITU has held over thirty CyberDrills partnering with more than 100 countries committed to improving cybersecurity at both national and global levels.
While ITU CyberDrills are generally held face to face, the first edition of ITU-ECOWAS regional Cyberdrill will be held remotely and aims to bring together the cybersecurity community and specifically ITU Member States in West Africa to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Building upon the discussions and outcomes from last year's event, this CyberDrill for ECOWAS member states will emphasize the role of national Computer Incident and Response Teams (CIRTs) and Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) in building cyber resilience and protecting critical information infrastructure.
OBJECTIVES
The ECOWAS regional Cyberdrill will tailor 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.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The regional dialogues, webinars and trainings are 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 the Ecowas
REGISTRATION AND LOGISTICS
We recommend that all participants attending the CyberDrill have a computer with a stable Internet connection.
Registration details including meeting links and additional meeting information will be sent to participants registered email address. Registration for trainings and exercises will close on November 5th, 2021
CONTACT DETAILS
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your regional ITU Cybersecurity focal point:
