An overview of Pakistan’s cyber policy landscape is available on the UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
Founded in May 2021, the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics serves as a forum for clinicians, trainers, students, and advocates to share knowledge, expand the reach of cybersecurity clinics, and lower the barriers for other institutions to establish their own clinics.
APAC Cybersecurity Fund
Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has provided $15M to The Asia Foundation to launch the APAC Cybersecurity Fund in partnership with CyberPeace Institute and Global Cyber Alliance to bolster the cyber capabilities of 300,000 underserved micro and small businesses, nonprofits, and social enterprises.
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Commonwealth National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Community: Strengthening Capabilities, Promoting International Cyber Security Standards and Skills and Facilitating Collaboration
Beneficiary Countries
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Gambia (the)
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- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- National Computer Security Incident Response
Commonwealth National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Community: Strengthening Capabilities, Promoting International Cyber Security Standards and Skills and Facilitating Collaboration
This project continued the work of the ‘Commonwealth CSIRT community – Extension’ into 2022 by maintaining the CSIRT community network and diving deeper into the topics of threat and resilience; technology and ecosystem; global leadership and influence; and human rights.
Chevening Cyber and Tech Scholarship
The project funded 3 scholars from The Gambia, Uganda and Zambia who completed their Masters on the Chevening programme from Sept 2020 – August 2021. A further 3 scholars from the Solomon Islands, Pakistan and Kenya will start their Masters in Sept 2021 – August 2022.
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Pro Bono Strategy, Policy and Technical Advice to Commonwealth Countries
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Pro Bono Strategy, Policy and Technical Advice to Commonwealth Countries
Templar Executives is providing pro bono training and advice to ministers and officials from Commonwealth countries through in-person meetings and remote consultations.
Asia Cybercrime Regional Training Event
This project supported a regional training event in SE Asia to improve the capabilities of the G8’s 24/7 cybercrime network. The event included non-G8 countries in the region.
Countermeasures Against Cybercrime
Aims / objectives: To learn Japanese knowledge and experiences of cybercrime including the legal system, investigation methods/skills, and cooperation with the private sector Activities: A group training course specifically designed to address countermeasures against cybercrime, including presentations, discussions, lectures, field visits and trips Outputs: To share the current situation on […]
Strategic-level Advice on Cybercrime Policy and Implementation
This project supported multi stakeholder conferences and workshops in Nigeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh on national level approaches to cyber crime, in line with the Commonwealth Cyber governance Model.
E-Crime Congress
This project brought representatives from eleven low and middle income countries facing serious cyber crime threat to the UK for the annual e-Crimes Congress. The project contributed to establishing inter-regional networks of cybercrime units and points of contact to respond to requests or warnings from international counterpart law enforcement agencies.
