Awareness

The dynamic of the international security environment and the complex nature of the threats have generated, throughout the time, a series of events which can affect the national security, regardless of the field in which they exhibit

With the purpose of acting in a preventive manner, the Awareness program was born in 2017, having as objective the nurture of the security culture in order to minimize the eventual vulnerabilities and risks to the national security.

The activity of authorities and central and local public institutions, strategic companies with state and/or private capital and corporate bodies under public or private law which carry out activities relevant to the national security plan, can be the target of endeavors initiated by hostile entities, with the purpose of affecting the national security climate, both regionally and internationally.

An adequate security culture generates among employees of the organizations mentioned above a proactive behavior meant to diminish the risk of producing security incidents, the prevention of the unauthorized dissemination of sensitive/classified data, the reduction of the harm that can appear as a cause of cyber-attacks. Moreover, it leads to early identification of misconducts which can affect the entity’s security and, in consequence, the national interest.

Through the Awareness Program, we intend to bring awareness to the beneficiaries on some risks and vulnerabilities to which they are exposed through the occupied positions and the data at which they have access through the professional activities they carry out. Furthermore, the Program follows the consolidation of the security culture through the development of reaction and defense mechanisms, on both personal and professional levels, at the moment of the identification of situations which pose potential risks.

Accurately and timely informing the citizens aids in the early identification of situations with potential risks, thus generating a context which could allow managing them in a manner which will not affect the national security. Furthermore, the development of the security culture and awareness-raising are essential in reaching a high level of national resilience, while offering to the citizens the necessary knowledge in order to accurately manage the crisis situations.

Through the awareness-raising activities carried out under the aegis of the Awareness Program there are addressed national security topics from the fields of preventing and countering terrorism, extremist ideologies, cross border threats, cyberintelligence, counter-espionage, the protection of classified information and national security.

The access of the Awareness program can be done by filling in an online form and sending it to the e-mail address [email protected] or, in physical format, at the following address 14, Libertății Blvd, District 5, Bucharest.

Insofar as you have any questions about the Program, you can contact the members of the Awareness team at the following phone number 0739.861.500.