An overview of Seychelles’ cyber policy landscape is available on the UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal Project
Capacity Building for Southern African States on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms
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Capacity Building for Southern African States on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms
Delivering a 5-day online course on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms to government officials from the SADC region.
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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
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- 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.
Combatting Cybercrime in the Commonwealth
This project will build upon the Commonwealth Secretariat’s previous cybercrime capacity building work to increase awareness of cybercrime in the Commonwealth
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African Commonwealth National Cyber Risk Assessment Community
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- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
African Commonwealth National Cyber Risk Assessment Community
This project supports African Commonwealth countries with capacity building work packages that are tailored to help address the most critical risks and capacity gaps that were identified by the earlier National Cyber Risk Assessment project with 10 Commonwealth countries in Africa during 2019-2020.
Commonwealth CSIRT community – Extension
This project extended the ‘Commonwealth Cyber Security Incident Response Team Workshops’ project with the aim of creating an online information-sharing portal for Commonwealth member incident response teams and related professionals.
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Women in Cyber (WiC) Mentorship Programme – ITU
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Women in Cyber (WiC) Mentorship Programme – ITU
The Women in Cyber Mentorship Programme, part of ITU’s Cyber Skills Development initiatives, empowers women in cybersecurity through mentorship, training, and role model engagement. It includes webinars, technical and soft skills courses, and mentorship circles, complementing sister projects like Her CyberTracks to advance gender equality and professional capacity in cybersecurity […]
Digital ID, Trade & Economy (DITE) Program for Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working with the African Union Commission on a Digital Identity, Digital Trade and Digital Economy initiative to support member countries to fully harness their digital potential, and to exploit the benefits of digitalization for the continent’s development. This work is being done in […]
Global Cyber Policy Dialogues: Southern Africa
The dialogue is part of a Global Dialogue Series being undertaken by ORF America in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, which aims to convene regional meetings to address capacity building around key cyber challenges and complement ongoing international cyber norms processes. At the October 2020 […]
E-learning Measure Scoping Project
This short scoping project comprised a needs assessment to gather input from stakeholders working in cyber policy in Sub-Saharan African countries in order to inform the development of an e-learning measure.
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Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Report for Countries in SADC (based on CMM& GCI)
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Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Report for Countries in SADC (based on CMM& GCI)
To evaluate the cybersecurity status of each of the sixteen countries in the Southern African Development Community as a region and ascertain their cybersecurity capacity maturity in light of emerging cyber risks, threats and vulnerabilities, the ‘Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)‘ published a report.
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Regionally Oriented National School of Cybersecurity – RONSC (École nationale de cybersécurité à vocation régionale, ENCVR)
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- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
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Regionally Oriented National School of Cybersecurity – RONSC (École nationale de cybersécurité à vocation régionale, ENCVR)
Inaugurated in Dakar in 2018, the Regional Oriented National Cybersecurity School (RONCS) is the result of a strong partnership between France and Senegal, serving as a regional hub for expertise and offering high-level training in cybersecurity. This school aims at empowering African states in the field of cybersecurity, thus responding […]
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Cyber Investigation Skills Training for Law Enforcement
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Cyber Investigation Skills Training for Law Enforcement
This project provided training to law enforcement officers to enable them to conduct invesitigations using digital evidence. Executive law enforcement officers also received cyber security strategic threat awareness training. The project was used to build a sustainable, module-based approach to law-enforcement cyber training.
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EU Cyber Resilience for Development Cyber4Dev
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EU Cyber Resilience for Development Cyber4Dev
Cyber4Dev is an EU-funded programme focused on supporting the development of Cyber Resilience in nine priority partner countries, plus additional associate countries, around the world. It focuses on: strengthened cybersecurity policy, strategy, and coordination frameworks; incident response capabilities; and fostering networks of cyber expertise and co-operation.
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 […]
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Assist Formulation of National Policy and Legal Frameworks for Cybersecurity
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Assist Formulation of National Policy and Legal Frameworks for Cybersecurity
Thematic focus Cybersecurity policy and legal framework Objective To ensure confidence and security in the use of ICTs Activities Upon request by member States: Advisory services on cyber security Support to develop specific policy and legal framework on cyber security
