The main campaigns carried out by the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA) are campaigns with the purpose of promoting scientific research, warning the human factor on threats and risks present in on-line environment and cooperation in the field of cybersecurity.
Promoting scientific research
RAISA publishes the International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime (IJISC), a scientific journal indexed in international databases, gets involved in research projects and promotes scientific publications in the field of information security.
Journals and studies promoted by RAISA
Access to information
RAISA develops trainings activities designed to raise cybersecurity awareness and improve the skills of criminal justice authorities and private sector in fighting cybercrime.
Developing knowledge in the field of information security
RAISA is involved in various conferences and specialized events, to raise the level of training of the experts, in order to protect the information systems and devices.
The presence of RAISA specialists at various national and international events
RAISA supports CyberEDU event which invites experts to contribute to cybersecurity training and awareness, by elaborating scientific articles that include empirical research, comparative analysis or case studies in this field.
Improving the cybersecurity culture
RAISA develops the platforms securitatea-informatiilor.ro, securitatea-cibernetica.ro, and securitatea-retelelor.ro for public awareness regarding vulnerabilities, risks and threats to cybersecurity.
RAISA information platforms in the cybersecurity field
Combating cybercrime
RAISA develops criminalitatea-informatica.ro platform for presenting the main cyber-attacks and methods for mitigating them, and supports web-scan.eu website, for detecting the websites compromised by cybercriminals.
RAISA platforms for preventing and fighting cybercrime
Cooperation in the field of information security
RAISA promotes cooperation between the public, private, and academic sectors, by developing a reference framework on education, innovation, cooperation, and management of human resources in the field of cybersecurity and analyzing the challenges and future strategic directions in this field.
In this regard, RAISA coordinated the studies:
- “Cybersecurity: Challenges and Perspectives in Education“, supported by the Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) and the Ministry of Education and Research;
- “Considerations on Challenges and Future Directions in Cybersecurity“, developed on the occasion of the Romanian Presidency at the Council of the European Union.
Studies developed under RAISA aegis
RAISA supports the Cyber Volunteers 19 program to support healthcare providers in the context of COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The group of Romanian cybersecurity experts focuses on prevention, identification, and response services to possible computer vulnerabilities.