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Cyberdrills

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 (CSIRTs).

CYBERDRILLS IN 2023

8-12 May 2023, Lilongwe, Malawi: Regional CyberDrill for Africa
19-23 June 2023, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: CyberDrill for Americas
25-28 September, Santiago, Chile: Sub-regional CyberDrill for Americas
09-12 October 2023, Abu Dhabi: Inter-regional CyberDrill for Arab Region and CIS
28 November - 1 December 2023: Interregional CyberDrill for Europe and Asia-Pacific

OBJECTIVES

The ITU regional cyberDrills are annual events which serve the purpose of:

• Enhancing cybersecurity capacity and capabilities through
regional collaborations and cooperation;
• Enhancing the awareness and 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.

STRUCTURE 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.

ITU HAS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 40 EXERCISES INVOLVING MORE THAN 140 COUNTRIES

GLOBAL
ITU 2023 Global CyberDrill
ITU 2021 Global CyberDrill
ITU 2020 Global CyberDrill, September-November 2020, Online event

AFRICA REGION
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 2015
Port-Louis, Mauritius, 4-8 April 2016
Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam, 13 –17 November 2017

AMERICAS REGION
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
Oman, 27-31 October 2019
Kuwait City, Kuwait, 21-25 October 2018
Amman, Jordan, 15-17 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
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 Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-27 September 2019
Yangon, Myanmar, 01 December 2011
Vientiane, Lao PDR, 09-11 December 2013

EUROPE & CIS REGION
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