All Cybersecurity Program Publications
April, 2024
Call for Consultants: OAS/UNIDIR Research Project
One Pager Cybersecurity
January, 2024
One Pager Cybersecurity Program
One Pager Cybersecurity
September, 2023
Challenges and Strategies: Considerations on Ransomware Attacks in the Americas
This publication offers recommendations and reflections based on international best practices for dealing with a ransomware attack and its implications
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June, 2023
Practical Guide for CSIRTs, Volume 2, 2023: A Sustainable Business Model
This guide follows up on the document Best Practices for Establishing a National CSIRT (2016), focusing on developing a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) in the public sector in LAC
Report on the Development of the Cybersecurity Workforce in an Era of Skills and Talent Shortages
February, 2023
Report on the Development of the Cybersecurity Workforce in an Era of Skills and Talent Shortages
Only available in Spanish
A world map with the Americas highlighted
June, 2022
National Cybersecurity Strategies: Lessons Learned and Reflections from the Americas and Other Regions
This document is structured in five parts that address the key considerations relevant for the process of NCS development, implementation, and review.
Cybersecurity of women during the COVID-19 pandemic
March, 2022
Cybersecurity of women during the COVID-19 pandemic
... Experiences, Risks, and strategies of self-care in the new digital normality
Considerations for the Design and Implementation of a Cybersecurity Promotion Fund
February, 2022
Considerations for the Design and Implementation of a Cybersecurity Promotion Fund
This paper compares telecom development funds in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica, evaluating potential for a similar model to fund cybersecurity in Latin America.
Online gender based violence against women and girls
October, 2021
Online gender based violence against women and girls
This manual provides updated information on the phenomenon of gender violence online, how it manifests and what the regional efforts are being conducted to counter it.
Guide Basic Concepts: Online gender based violence against women and girls
October, 2021
Guide Basic Concepts: Online gender based violence against women and girls
In addition to the publication “Online Gender Violence Against Women and Girls,” this guide is aimed at helping women seek to understand the phenomenon of gender-based violence online.
Practical self protection handbook: Online gender based violence against women and girls
October, 2021
Practical self protection handbook: Online gender based violence against women and girls
This guide complements "Online gender violence against women and girls," equipping women with skills to protect themselves online, offering advice on prevention, response, and complaint procedures.
Media Literacy and Security: The Importance of Staying Safe and Informed
March, 2021
Media Literacy and Security: The Importance of Staying Safe and Informed
This publication provides tools and present best practices for monitoring, consuming, and sharing information, and recommendations for staying safe online, focusing, particularly, on Twitter ...
State of Cybersecurity in the Colombian Financial System
October, 2020
State of Cybersecurity in the Colombian Financial System
The purpose of this study is to provide comprehensive information on the state of cybersecurity in the Colombian financial system
Cybersecurity Education: Planning for the Future Through Workforce Development
September, 2020
Cybersecurity Education: Planning for the Future Through Workforce Development
The document presents an educational approach to combat it, promoting solutions to include aspects of cybersecurity at all levels of training and education.
Cybersecurity Considerations of the Democratic Process for Latin America and the Caribbean
August, 2020
Cybersecurity Considerations of the Democratic Process for Latin America and the Caribbean
The publication presents an approach on the cyber threats that affect existing democratic processes in Latin America and the Caribbean and advances how to reduce their impacts on regional democracy.
Data Classification
February, 2020
Data Classification
This whitepaper seeks to provide guidance for the development of a data classification system for the purposes of ensuring access to and protection of information generated and processed by government