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Observatory of Cybersecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Publication date: 2016

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Cyber Security Event

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Cyber Security Event

Target groups: 10 military officers from nine African nations. Thematic focus: Address broad issues of cybercrime and cybersecurity while focusing on issues of specific interest to the Lusophone Africa region such as combating cybercrime; mobile phone security; Internet freedom, access, and affordability; and the development of national computer emergency readiness […]