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16th Regional Cyberdrill for Americas—​Regional CyberDrill from the Heart of the World

​​The 16th Regional CyberDrill for the Americas–Regional CyberDrill from the Heart of the World–will take place from 1–5 June 2026 in Quito, Ecuador. Organized by the International Telecommunication Union, through its Regional Office for the Americas, in collaboration with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society of Ecuador (Mintel) and the National Polytechnic School of Ecuador (EPN), the event aims to contribute to the development of technical capabilities in cybersecurity, improve communication processes, enhance the management of and response to cybersecurity incidents, and reinforce national and international coordination among Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRT/CERT) in the region.



Who should attend?


Technical officials and other management level officials of national CIRT/CERT/ Security Operations Center (SOCs), cybersecurity agencies, national cybersecurity authorities, ministries, regulators, academia, and other stakeholders of ITU Members, including Member States, Sector Members and NGOs 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 Republic, 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.​​

Programme and participation


​The event will take place over five days and includes technical sessions, discussion sessions, technical capacity training, and simulation scenarios involving the most common types of cyberattacks.
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Participation is open to technical and other managerial-level officials from national CIRT/CERT/SOCs, cybersecurity agencies, national cybersecurity authorities, ministries, regulators, academia, international organizations, NGOs, and interested sectors.

Simulation scenarios and specialized technical training sessions have limited capacity; therefore, early registration is recommended.​​​

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Past Cyberdrills

26 to 28 August 2013
Montevideo-Uruguay

8 to 10 September 2014
Lima-Peru

3 to 5 August 2015
Bogota - Colombia

27 June to 1 July 2016
Quito - Ecuador

3 to 7 July 2017
Paramaribo-Suriname

26 to 29 September 2017
Montevideo-Uruguay

4 to 8 June 2018
La Plata-Argentina

4 to 8 November 2019
Patagonia-Argentina

15 September 2020
Online

23 September 2021
Online

21 to 24 November 2022
Tegucigalpa-Honduras​

19-23 June 2023
Santo Domingo - República Dominicana

25-28 September 2023
Santiago - Chile



15-17 January 2025
Nassau - Bahamas

15. 15th Regional Cyberdrill for Americas - Cyberdrill Pura Vida
9-13 June 2025
San Jose - Costa Rica