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CyberDrills

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ITU assists in improving cybersecurity readiness, protection, and incident response capabilities of countries by conducting cyberDrills at regional and national level. The ITU regional cyberDrills are designed with a dual purpose: as a platform for cooperation, information sharing, and discussions on current cybersecurity issues, as well as to provide hands-on exercise for national Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRTs) / Computer Security Incident Response Teams (C​SIRTs)​​.

CYBER​DRILLS IN 2024

23-25 April 2024, Global CyberDrill 2024​


​​​O​BJECTIVES​

The ITU regional cyberD​rills​ are annual events which serve the purpose of:

•  Enhancing cybersecurity capacity and capabilities through 
   regional collaborations and cooperation; 
•  Enhancing the awareness an​​d the capability of countries 
   to participate and to contribute to the development and 
   deployment of a strategy for defeating a cyber threat;
•  Strengthening international cooperation between Member
   States to ensure continued collective efforts against cyber
   threats;
•  Enhancing Member States’ incident response capabilities 
   and communication;
•  Assisting Member States to develop and implement  
   operational procedures to respond better to various cyber
   incidents, identify improvements for future planning and  
   CIRT processes​ and operational procedures.​





 




​STRUCTU​RE AND FORMAT

 
Day 1 and 2 are dedicated to capacity building sessions, or other themes, such as COP-related workshop etc.​​
 
Day 3 is the conference​​ day which includes presentations and panel discussions on current issues, latest assessments, and current trends in cybersecurity threats.
                   
Days 4 and 5 are structured around different scenarios, which involve several incidents covering the most common types of attacks. The attack details are provided by the ITU experts to the participants through the Cyber Range platform. The ​participants are requested to perform their investigations and analysis on the incident and will come out with the mitigation. Through these exercises, participants are able to validate policies, plans, procedures, processes, and capabilities that enable preparation, prevention, response, recovery, and continuity of operations.


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ITU HAS C​ONDUCTED MORE THAN 40 EXERCISES INVOLVING MORE THAN 140 COUNTRIES

GLOBAL
ITU 2021 Global Cyb​erDrill​
ITU 2020 Global CyberDrillSeptember-November 2020, Online event

AFRICA REGION​
8-12 May 2023, Lilongwe, Malawi: Regional CyberDrill for Africa
Eswatini​, 16 December 2020
Kampala, ​​​Uganda​, 18-21 November 2019​​​
Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, 1-5 October 2018​
​​​​​Livingstone, Zambia, 29 Sept - 01 October 2014
​​​Kigali, Rwanda, 5-7 May 201​5
​​​​​Port-Louis, Mauritius, 4-8 April 2016
​​Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam, 13 –17 November 2017

AMERICAS REGION​
19-23 June 2023, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: CyberDrill for America
25-28 September, Santiago, Chile: Sub-regional CyberDrill for Americas
​10th America Cyberdrill, Honduras, 21-24 November 2022​
​​La Plata (Buenos Aireas), Argentina, 4-8 June 2018​
​​​​​Montevideo, Uruguay, 26-28 August 2013
​​Lima, Peru, 08-10 September 2014 
​​Bogota, Colombia, 03-05 August 2015 
Quito - Ecuador, 27 June - 01 July 2016
​​Paramaribo, Suriname, 03-07 July 2017​

ARAB REGION​
09-12 October 2023, Abu Dhabi: Inter-regional CyberDrill for Arab Region and CIS
Oman, 27-31 October 2019​​
Kuwait City, Kuwait, 21-25 October 2018​
​​​Amman, Jordan, 15-1​7 July 2012​
​​​​Muscat Oman, 22-24 October 2013
​​​Hurghada, Egypt, 17-19 May 2015​
​​​​Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia , 23-27 May 2016

ASIA & THE PACIFIC REGION
8 November - 1 December 2023:  Interregional CyberDrill for Europe and Asia-Pacific​
​ASEAN-ITU 2022 CyberDrill​
​2022 Pakistan CyberDrill
2022 ITU-Bhutan joint CyberDrill​
2021 India-ITU Joint CyberDrill for Indian Entities​
​CyberDrill for the Pacific Islands​, ​8-10 December 2020
Kuala Lumpu​r, Malaysia, 23-27 September 2019​
​​​Yangon, Myanmar, 01 December 2011​​​
​​Vientiane, Lao PDR, 09-11 December 2013

EUROPE & CIS REGION
8 November - 1 December 2023:  Interregional CyberDrill for Europe and Asia-Pacific​
Bucharest, Romania, 27-31 May 2019​​
Baku, Azerbaijan, 3-7 September 2018​
Limassol, Cyprus, 26-30 November 2018​​​​
​​​​Sofia, Bulgaria, 23-25 October 2012​​​​​
​​​Istanbul, Turkey, 15 – 16 May 2014
Budva, Montenegro, 30 Sept - 2 October 2015 
​​Chisinau, Moldova , 21-23 November 2017

RELEVANT RESOURCES & LINKS

PDF/Link to​ Operational framework and guidelines for the planning and execution of ITU regional cyberdrills
PDF/Link to Cyberdrill partici​​p​ants' handout

KEY PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS​​



ABI Research
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Deloitte



KAPERSKY

NRD Cyber Security
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RCC

 RED TEAM CYBER

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 World Bank Group