Georgia’s Cybersecurity Bureau joins Global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
The Cybersecurity Bureau of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia has joined the Global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
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The Cybersecurity Bureau of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia has joined the Global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, an international organisation bringing together computer incident response professionals from governments, commercial and educational institutions.
The Ministry said on Tuesday the body’s engagement in the platform of more than 600 members would allow the Bureau to improve capabilities of responding to cyber incidents and being “constantly aligned with modern approaches”.
This Forum is a globally recognised platform for sharing best practices in responding to cyber incidents”, it said in its comments.
Known as FIRST, the Forum brings together members from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania in efforts to “foster cooperation and coordination in incident prevention, stimulate rapid reaction to incidents, and promote information sharing among members”.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Tuesday said Georgian authorities were “well aware” of threats facing the country and steps that could be required in response to them.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday commended the “crucial role” of the Georgian State Security Service agency in ensuring stability and security in the country and “strengthening Georgia”, in remarks for the seventh anniversary of the body.
A Georgian delegation led by the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will participate in the Global Security Forum in Bratislava to discuss strengthening partnerships with allies in the European Union's Eastern Neighbourhood initiative, the Government Administration said on Wednesday.
Activities of foreign special services designed to interfere in the public and political life of Georgia were a challenge for the country in 2021, an annual report of the State Security Service to the Georgian Parliament said.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Wednesday hailed his Government's “active cooperation” with “strategic partners” in cybersecurity, and thanked them for their support in his address at the Georgia Cybersecurity Forum in Tbilisi.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Wednesday praised the “active efforts” of the Ministry’s Cyber Security Bureau in “strengthening national cyber resilience” and ensuring its “proper” protection in the country, in his address at the Georgia Cybersecurity Forum in Tbilisi.
The Defence Cyber Marvel 2024, the joint cyber training exercise of the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia and the Army Cyber Association of the British Armed Forces, has ended.