Regional Forum on Cyber security and Third Cyberdrill for the Americas Region

A four-day regional Forum on Cyber security for the Americas Region was organized in Bogota-Colombia from 3 to 5 August 2015 at the kind invitation of the Ministry of Information, Technology, and Communications of Colombia and The Colombian Chamber for Informatics and Telecommunications (CCTI). The University of Los Andes, which provided the venue, provided also support and collaboration.

Through the Forum and the third Cyberdrill our intention was to encourage cooperation between National CIRTs of the region, to provide capacity building, and to offer scenarios for the analysis of real cases of cyberattacks to inspire teamwork and to improve the incident response effectiveness of the teams. The Forum started links for cooperation between the participating national CIRTs to ensure continuous efforts in achieving regional and global cybersecurity.

CERTs of the Region's Member States, decision takers about cybersecurity from the administrations, Staff of telecommunication administrations, regulatory authorities, regional organizations, sector members and special guests from Americas' region: Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Belize, Dominican Rep., Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Grenada, Haiti, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Paraguay, Panama, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.