Building a legion of teachers who can share cyber hygiene skills in Dominican Republic

Over the past number of months, a team of our experts and colleagues in Dominican Republic have been working on a special project which aims to build the knowledge base and skills of tutors working in the Technical Institutes of The Dominican Republic. This week, Cyber4Dev experts Lauri Tankler and Allan Ild, alongside Kehtna Kutsehariduskeskus … Read more

MAUSHIELD platform launches to support threat information sharing in Mauritius

It has been an auspicious week for our African hub country Mauritius, with the launch of their MAUSHIELD information sharing platform. Developed by the Computer Emergency Response Team Mauritius (CERT-MU), to facilitate cyber threat information sharing in Mauritius, the platform, MAUSHIELD, was launched in the presence of the Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, Mr … Read more

Ecuador visitors see EU digital society at its best

Last week, we had the immense pleasure of hosting a high-level delegation from Ecuador to Tallinn, Estonia, where our experts and partners RIA developed and provided a comprehensive and thorough programme of events, telling the story of Estonia’s emergence as the world’s leading digital society. From the Government of Ecuador website: Our delegation fulfilled a … Read more

It’s great to be back at the GFCE Annual Meeting!

This week, we’re at Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) Annual Meeting 2022 in The Hague. After an in person hiatus, it has been great to meet with people face to face and reconnect with our cyber community. A key part of our participation this week has been to host a consultation with our priority countries on … Read more

Cabling Africa: Digital connectivity, data cables and their protection

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On Friday 23rd September, we will be in participating in a public event on the important emerging subject of ‘Cabling Africa: Digital connectivity, data cables and their protection’. Digital connectivity is vital for today’s economies and for sustainable development. Connectivity depends on critical infrastructures, such as subsea data cables, landing stations, data centres and terrestrial … Read more

Cyber4Dev weekly update 02.09.2022

02.09.2022 Cyber4Dev News Cyber4Dev News This week, we have had the please of continuing to support our partners across the globe, with missions in Botswana and Malawi this week. A key part of our renewed engagement, we were delighted to work alongside C3SA and Atlantic Council by supporting the Cyber 9/12 Challenge. The Cyber 9/12 … Read more

Cyber4Dev Estonian experts support 9/12 Challenge

Earlier this week, we were delighted that our guest experts Raul Rikk, Lauri Luht and Liina Lumiste took part in the African region segment of the 9/12 Strategy Challenge. The challenge, which will be completed at the end of this month, is a global initiative which pits university teams against each other with the aim … Read more

Embedding Cyber Awareness in Mauritius

In April this year, we were delighted to announce the Republic of Mauritius as the Cyber4Dev hub for Africa. As part of this designation and in co-operation with the Ministry of Information, Communications & Innovation and MU-CERT, it was agreed that a number of wide ranging activities would take place to enable the development of … Read more

Cyber4Dev weekly update 26.08.2022

This week, over 160 of Mozambique’s burgeoning cyber community took part either in person or online in our comprehensive CSIRT Essentials Training, which is part of Cyber4Dev’s training portfolio. Making our first trip to Maputo at the invitation of INTIC (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação), we are delighted to support Mozambique’s efforts … Read more

Sri Lanka CERT-CC study visit to Tallinn

This week, in Tallinn, we have been sharing our insights on the development of the cyber ecosystem with our colleague Priyankara Perera, from Sri Lanka CERT -CC. During this immersive and wide-ranging visit, our Cyber4Dev experts and partners in Tallinn have explored the principles and techniques that have helped to forge Estonia’s reputation as the … Read more