National CIRT

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 Worldwide there are currently 143 National CIRTs - See full list...

CIRT ASSESSMENT​​

​ITU HAS TO DA​TE COMPLETED CIRT ASSESSMENTS FOR AROUND 88 COUNTRIES​

​​Africa​ (33):	​Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Dem Rep), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabonese Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea‐Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Eswa​tini, Tanzania, Togolese Republic, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe​
Americas (19):​	Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Dominica , Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana​, Honduras, Jamaica , St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago​
Arab Region (7):	Comoros, Djibouti, Jo​​​rdan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Palestine, Sudan
​Asia & Pacific (19):	​Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal , Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Europe & CIS (10):​	Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Serbia

​​CIRT ESTABLISHMENT

After the CIRT assessment, the initiative assists with planning, implementation, and operation of the CIRT. ITU’s continued collaboration wi​th the newly esta​​blish CIRT ensures that support remains​​ available, and institutions can be further enhanced.​

​​ITU HAS ESTABLISHED OR ENHANCED CIRTS IN 17 COUNTRIES​​

​​ITU has established National CIRT​s in 15 countries: ​​​​​​	​Barb​ados​​, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cyprus (Govern​mental CIRT) + National CSIRT​,​ Gambia, Ghana​, Jamaica, ​Kenya​​, Montenegro​,​ Palestine​, Tanzania, Tri​​nid​ad​​ and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia​.​
CIRT Implementations in progress in 4 countries:​	Burundi, ​Bahamas, Malawi, Kyrgyzstan​
CIRT Enhancement in 2 countries:	Kenya, Barbados

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​​​LIST OF ITU PROJECTS RELATED TO CIRTs

ONGOING ​​​​​	​	​IMPLEM​​ENTED
CIRT Establishment in Bahamas​​ Cyber resilience for Digital Development in the Least Developed Countries (CRDD-LDCs) ​Establishment of Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) in the Kyrgyz Republic ​gmCSIRT The Gambia National CIRT upgrade​ Implementación del Equipo Nacional de Respuesta a Incidentes Informáticos (CIRT) Honduras National Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) Implementation – Suriname National Cybersecurity Operations Center (BNCSOC) – Bermuda	​	CIRT Implementation of CIRT Services and related capabilities  Communications CIRT Establishment Cybersecurity in Pacific Island Countries Enhanced Kenya CIRT/CC Enhanced National KE-CIRT/CC Kenya Governmental CIRT Establishment in Cyprus Malawi CERT Establishment National CIRT Establishment (Barbados) National CIRT Establishment (Jamaica) National CIRT Establishment (Trinidad and Tobago) National CIRT Establishment- Burkina Faso  National CIRT Establishment in Burundi National CIRT Establishment in Cyprus National CIRT Establishment in Ghana National CIRT Establishment in Ivory Coast National CIRT Establishment in Kenya National CIRT Establishment in Montenegro National CIRT Establishment in Tanzania National CIRT Establishment in The Gambia National CIRT Establishment in Uganda National CIRT Establishment in Zambia

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​FURTHER RESOURCES AND LINKS​

                                               

PDF/Link to​ ​ITU cybersecurity programme: CIRT framework

​​​​PDF/Link to CIRT Establishment Training document

​PDF/Link to Flyer: FIRST membership information

​​Video: Cyprus: Responding to and managing cyber-threats​​

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