The “Romanian-American Partnership for Cyber Security” International Conference

29 September 2017

On October 5th, 2017, the Romanian Intelligence Service’s National Cyberint Centre, together with the Embassy of the United States of America, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bitdefender and CISCO Systems Romania will organize an international conference on cyber security. The event will take place in the framework of the “Romanian-American Partnership for Cyber Security” conferences, which will be attended by approximately 150 participants. The event will begin at 9 a.m. and will be hosted by University “POLITEHNICA” Bucharest.

The conference will bring together cyber security experts, both from Romania and from abroad, representatives of the public, private and banking sector, the academia, and decision-makers form certain national public institutions responsible for managing cyber security incidents.

The conference will touch upon various subjects of utmost importance in the field of cyber security, such as:

• The global landscape of cyber threats;
• The national legislation in the field of cyber security;
• Case studies regarding cyber-attacks – ransomware or attacks form state actors.

The event aims at:

• emphasizing the importance of the “Romanian-American Partnership for Cyber Security”;
• offering the audience the most accurate view of the current cyber-security environment at national and international level;
• setting forth tangible perspectives and analyses on the evolutions of virtual threats and sharing good practices in the field of cyber security.

In accordance with the responsibilities of SRI in the field of national security, the National Cyberint Centre works on identifying, preventing and countering vulnerabilities, risks and threats to Romania’s national security from the perspective of cyber security.

Its main mission consists of identifying and supplying the legal beneficiaries with the data and information necessary for preventing and diminishing the consequences of an attack on critical infrastructure, such as the information technology and communication systems.