CyberCon Romania 2023 will be organized on May 22-27, 2023, by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Romania.

CyberCon Romania 2023 is one week conference that unites top professionals in cybersecurity and related areas with the following objectives:

• Enhancing awareness about cyber threats and their impact
• Cultivating a strong cybersecurity culture among individuals and organizations
• Facilitating the exchange of practical strategies and best practices in combatting cybercrime
• Encouraging innovation and research in the development of advanced cybersecurity solutions and tools
• Fostering international collaboration to address global cyber challenges

The CyberCon Romania 2023 conference is scheduled for May 22-27, 2023, at six esteemed institutions in Bucharest, Romania:
22 May – National Military Circle
23 May – “Carol I” National Defence University
24 May – National Institute for Research – Development
25 May – “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy
26 May – Romanian Banking Institute
27 May – University Politehnica of Bucharest

Institutional partners include Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate – DNSC, Romanian National Cyberint Center, Romanian Police, Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre, National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics, Romanian National Institute of Magistracy, Romanian Banking Institute, European Institute of Romania, and Institute of Financial Studies.

For more information, visit the conference website: cybercon.ro.

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After winning the Outstanding Security Performance Award (OSPA) for the best Romanian cybersecurity initiative in 2020 and being a finalist in the Cyber Outstanding Security Performance Awards (Cyber OSPAs) in 2021, the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA) won the Cyber Outstanding Security Performance Awards (Cyber OSPAs) in 2022, at the Outstanding Cyber Security Partnership category.

The winners of the Cyber Outstanding Security Performance Awards (Cyber OSPAs) 2022 were announced on Thursday, 15th December, at a gala awards event held in London, England. The partnership between the U.S. Embassy in Romania and the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance won the Outstanding Cyber Security Partnership category.

The partnership between the U.S. Embassy in Romania and the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance started as an initiative to strengthen cyber capacity and cybersecurity education. This partnership brought together law enforcement, public institutions, international private companies, universities, and NGOs, all working together to deliver training activities, develop guidelines, and organize conferences to raise awareness, embody the cybersecurity culture, and protect people and institutions from cybercrime.

https://www.thecyberospas.com

The partnership has a vital component in education and training activities. Various online training activities were developed for public institutions, private companies, and academia, to raise cybersecurity awareness and improve the skills of criminal justice authorities and the private sector in fighting cybercrime. The courses’ topics involved open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools and methods, cybersecurity best practices, cyber threats and malware investigation, cryptocurrencies, online money laundering, and electronic evidence analysis. Law enforcement, public institutions, private companies, and universities joined this initiative and helped by promoting the training activities and sending experts to present methods, tools, and relevant case studies for participants.

https://www.cyberlearning.ro

The partnership focuses on promoting and disseminating cybersecurity research. The International Conference on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime (IC3), a scientific conference organized by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance, was promoted within this partnership. The purpose of this scientific conference is to encourage the exchange of ideas about the evolution of cyberspace, information security challenges, and new facets of the phenomenon of cybercrime. Students, researchers, professors, and experts from public institutions and private companies chose this framework to present their research in the cybersecurity field. The proceedings of this scientific conference are indexed in international databases.

https://proceedings.cybercon.ro/

To raise the level of awareness, embody the cybersecurity culture, and share best practices in fighting cybercrime, an international conference was organized within this partnership, entitled CyberCon Romania. Experts from the European Union and the United States agencies, public institutions, private companies, and universities had the opportunity to share knowledge, perspectives, and highlight synergies between different areas of expertise: developing cyber defence and cyber resilience, international cooperation for fighting cybercrime, cybersecurity challenges and opportunities, research and development on cybersecurity, and cybersecurity education and career development.

https://www.cybercon.ro

Two guides were developed by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, to raise the cybersecurity culture and fight fake news. The Cybersecurity Guide (ISBN: 978-973-0-33645-0) contains 18 sections on cybersecurity best practices, and the OSINT for Analyzing Fake News Guide (ISBN: 978-973-0-37583-1) contains 9 sections with OSINT techniques and tools for analyzing fake news.

 
Cybersecurity Guide: https://cyberlearning.ro/cybersecurity-guide/
OSINT Guide: https://cyberlearning.ro/osint-for-analyzing-fake-news/

The latest initiative is CyberClub Romania – a community of students, experts, and organizations, with the goal of analyzing cybersecurity challenges and opportunities. CyberClub Romania provides the opportunity for cybersecurity experts from public institutions, private companies, universities, and NGOs to share their knowledge and experiences and guide students and people interested in building a cybersecurity carrier. Members can discover information about new actions, research projects, training activities, master programs, conferences, and job opportunities in this field.

https://www.cyberclub.ro

The partnership between the U.S. Embassy in Romania and the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA) continues to grow by involving more public institutions, international private companies, universities, and NGOs, all working together to raise the cybersecurity culture and create a safer and more secure cyberspace.

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CyberCon Romania 2022 will be organised on May 18-19, 2022, by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Romania. It is a two days conference that brings together the leading experts from the cybersecurity and cybercrime fields, with the aim of:

• Raising the level of awareness
• Embodies the cybersecurity culture
• Sharing best practices in fighting cybercrime
• Promoting international cooperation

More information on https://cybercon.ro.

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The Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, launches the course “Latest Threats in Social Networks“, on January 26, 2022, at 17:00 (Bucharest time). The course is developed within the project “Strengthen Cybersecurity Education and Research for Preventing Cybercrime“, funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

The aim of the course “Latest Threats in Social Networks” is to present the latest threats in social networks and methods to protect against the latest scams.

The course will be online, on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The target of this course: law enforcement, judicial staff, public institutions, private companies, and students.
The participants will receive a certificate of attendance, issued by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance.

See more details about the course overview and curriculum.

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Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA) invites you to participate at ISACA Romania Chapter Virtual Event: “Expect the unexpected. Rewind. Reshape. Rethink. Restart” that will take place between March 2-4, 2021.

The event addresses issues related to IT governance and cybersecurity and brings together over 300 participants – consultants, auditors, analysts, engineers, project managers, CIO, CEO, CSO, CTO, including university professors, in areas such as IT/IS, cybersecurity, compliance, risk management, networking, operations, etc.

You can follow the topics discussed and the speakers already confirmed on the event page: https://revistacariere.ro/eveniment-cariere/expect-the-unexpected-rewind-reshape-rethink-restart/.

Participation to this event is free and is based on confirmation of registration.

For the members of ISACA Romania Chapter, for the participation in the event, credits are granted according to the association’s policy – details on the website.

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The Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, launches the course “Cybersecurity awareness for children and parents“, on March 11, 2021, at 17:00 (Bucharest time). The course is developed within the project “Enhance Cyber Capacity Building in Romania for Preventing and Combating the Cybercrime Phenomenon“, funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

The aim of the course “Cybersecurity awareness for children and parents” is to improve the cybersecurity awareness for children and parents.

The course will be online, on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The target of this course: children and parents.
The participants will receive a certificate of attendance, issued by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance.

See more details about the course overview and curriculum.

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The Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, launches the course “The importance of teaching cybersecurity to the next generation“, on March 04, 2021, at 17:00 (Bucharest time). The course is developed within the project “Enhance Cyber Capacity Building in Romania for Preventing and Combating the Cybercrime Phenomenon“, funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

The aim of the course “The importance of teaching cybersecurity to the next generation” is to improve the cybersecurity curricula in schools and universities.

The course will be online, on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The target of this course: high-schools and academia.
The participants will receive a certificate of attendance, issued by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance.

See more details about the course overview and curriculum.

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The Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, launches the course “Cybersecurity solutions – How to protect devices and computer networks“, on February 25, 2021, at 17:00 (Bucharest time). The course is developed within the project “Enhance Cyber Capacity Building in Romania for Preventing and Combating the Cybercrime Phenomenon“, funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

The aim of the course “Cybersecurity solutions – How to protect IT devices and computer networks” is to improve the cybersecurity skills of non-IT professionals.

The course will be online, on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The target of this course: non-IT professionals.
The participants will receive a certificate of attendance, issued by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance.

See more details about the course overview and curriculum.

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The study “Considerations on Challenges and Future Directions in Cybersecurity” won the Outstanding Security Performance Award (OSPA) for the best Romanian cybersecurity initiative for 2020.

The study “Considerations on Challenges and Future Directions in Cybersecurity”, was developed on the occasion of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, under the aegis of the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the support of the Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) and the National Cyberint Center within the Romanian Intelligence Service.

The study stands for a joint effort of experts from the public, private and academic fields to develop a cybersecurity framework for education, innovation, cooperation and human resource management and to reveal future challenges and strategic directions in this area.

More information regarding this study can be found on www.raisa.org/press-releases/the-study-considerations-on-challenges-and-future-directions-in-cybersecurity/

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The Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA), with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Romania, launches the course “Analyzing cyber-attacks against financial institutions“, on November 19, 2020, at 17:00 (Bucharest time). The course is developed within the project “Enhance Cyber Capacity Building in Romania for Preventing and Combating the Cybercrime Phenomenon“, funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, and promoted by the Romanian Police, the National Institute of Magistracy, and “Al. I. Cuza” Police Academy.

The aim of the course “Analyzing cyber-attacks against financial institutions” is to bring awareness on new types of cyber-attacks against financial institutions and to increase the knowledge of law enforcement representatives about methods to investigate such cases.

The course will be online, on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The target of this course: law enforcement, judicial staff, and academia.
The participants will receive a certificate of attendance, issued by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance.

See more details about the course overview and curriculum.

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