The US has delivered {hardware} and software program tools to CSIRT-CY for the Cyber Coaching Lab “Cyclops” to function in Larnaca subsequent 12 months.
In a ceremony on Thursday, Commissioner of Communications George Michaelides obtained from US Ambassador in Nicosia, Judith Garber {hardware} and software program tools for the Cyber Coaching Lab “Cyclops”.
The ceremony was held within the presence of the Political Director of the Ministry of International Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, Evangelos Savva, and the consultant of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus, Symeon Zambas.
The tools included 26 laptops and a lot of peripherals, together with the related software program and community tools for coaching and capability constructing functions, a press launch stated.
The tools falls inside the scope of the US funded actions of the Cyprus Middle for Land, Open-seas, and Port Safety (CYCLOPS), the Cyprus – owned coaching centre that can function a regional coaching hub, specializing in areas associated to safety, together with cybersecurity. The tools will tangibly assist the work of the Workplace of the Commissioner of Communications and of the Digital Safety Authority in enhancing the cybersecurity capabilities at a nationwide and regional degree, the press launch added.
Commissioner of Communications Michaelides, in his welcome speech, referred to the significance of CYCLOPS, as a coaching platform for energetic cooperation, at nationwide, regional and worldwide degree and expressed robust assist to the initiatives beneath this framework.
The Commissioner thanked the US authorities for his or her invaluable assist and expressed readiness to additional improve the bilateral cooperation and regional cooperation within the space of cybersecurity.