An overview of South Africa’s cyber policy landscape is available on the UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal Project
ICT Policy & Regulation – Institutional Strengthening (iPRIS) – Boosting the Capacities of African Telecom Regulators Through Peer to Peer Learning
Implementors
- Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER)
- The Luxembourg Regulatory Institute (ILR)
- Sweden – Post and Telecom Authority (PTS)
Themes & Topics
ICT Policy & Regulation – Institutional Strengthening (iPRIS) – Boosting the Capacities of African Telecom Regulators Through Peer to Peer Learning
ICT Policy & Regulation – Institutional Strengthening (iPRIS) contributes to bridging the digital divide by enhancing inclusive and meaningful digital connectivity in Africa. It does so by boosting the capacities of African telecom regulators through peer-to-peer learning with African and European counterparts.
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International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI)
Beneficiary Countries
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
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Themes & Topics
- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- National Computer Security Incident Response
- Cybercrime
- + 1 more
International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI)
The International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI), established in 2021 by the United States, is the world’s largest international cyber partnership. With 68 global members, CRI strengthens resilience against ransomware, disrupts criminal ecosystems, and fosters collaboration through shared intelligence, policy innovation, and capacity-building efforts to protect critical sectors and global communities […]
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Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
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Themes & Topics
- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- National Computer Security Incident Response
Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
The Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge is an annual global competition that engages students in developing policy recommendations to address a fictional cyber catastrophe.
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Advancing Regional Cyber Security and Stability in Africa – Expert Roundtable
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Advancing Regional Cyber Security and Stability in Africa – Expert Roundtable
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) and the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy organized a three-day workshop with senior officials from Africa’s regional institutions and representatives from national computer emergency response teams.
African Cyber Programme
Funded by FCDO, the African Cyber Programme builds on the Digital Access Programme in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. With a £3 million investment over 16 months, it supports 6 key projects, including training South African detectives to combat cybercrime, raising Kenyan citizens’ cyber threat awareness, and bolstering Nigeria’s legal […]
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Training for Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) – Improving South Africa’s response to national cyber threats
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Themes & Topics
- Cyber Incident Management & Critical Information Protection
- National Computer Security Incident Response
Training for Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) – Improving South Africa’s response to national cyber threats
This project is part of the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) commitment to build national cyber security capacity and resilience to cybersecurity threats in five middle-income countries. The UK Government’s Digital Access Programme provides support through: Government-to-Government technical assistance; cyber hygiene training; public awareness-raising; and research. It […]
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Cybersecurity and Data Protection Toolkits for SMEs – Strengthening the cybercrime defences of South African small businesses
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Cybersecurity and Data Protection Toolkits for SMEs – Strengthening the cybercrime defences of South African small businesses
This project is part of the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) commitment to build national cyber security capacity and resilience to cybersecurity threats in five middle-income countries. The UK Government’s Digital Access Programme provides support through: Government-to-Government technical assistance; cyber hygiene training; public awareness-raising; and research. It […]
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Cybercrime awareness and skills for South African law enforcement – Providing specialist cybercrime investigation skills
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Cybercrime awareness and skills for South African law enforcement – Providing specialist cybercrime investigation skills
This project is part of the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) commitment to build national cyber security capacity and resilience to cybersecurity threats in five middle-income countries. The UK Government’s Digital Access Programme provides support through: Government-to-Government technical assistance; cyber hygiene training; public awareness-raising; and research. It […]
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Promoting the International Dimension in National Cybersecurity Strategies 2.0
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Promoting the International Dimension in National Cybersecurity Strategies 2.0
Coordinated by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this multi-stakeholder project implemented by ORF America, ran for 2,5 years and focused on countries within the ASEAN, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, Western Balkans, Southern Africa regions.
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Capacity Building for Southern African States on International Cyber Diplomacy, Law and Norms
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Themes & Topics
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
Beneficiary Countries
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- Gambia (the)
- + 49 more
Beneficiary groups
Implementors
Themes & Topics
- 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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Themes & Topics
- 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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Commonwealth International Data Protection Development and Cross-border Transfers Project
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Themes & Topics
Commonwealth International Data Protection Development and Cross-border Transfers Project
This project will contribute to improved cross-border data flows among and with developing digital economies through bilateral workshops and other activities that will feed into Victoria University providing recommendations and options for the UK to develop a regulatory and policy framework on this issue.
