On Tuesday, October 20th, at Soualiga College, the first meeting of the C-CIRC forum (Caribbean Cybersecurity Incident Response Community Caribbean Community for Cybersecurity Incident Response, bringing together authorities et regional experts for'to anticipate a common response to attacks threatening the cybersecurity of the territories representedIn collaboration with the French departments of the Caribbean, the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, Sint Maarten and Anguilla, this first forum took place over three days between the Northern Islands.
Faced with cyberattacks that are “more numerous, more sophisticated and faster”, according to Steven Cocks, president of theCaribbean Agency for Cybersecurity (ACCYB)Cooperation appears as a necessity: “The attackers are already cooperating across borders. We must therefore do the same.”
Registered in the continuity of initiatives undertaken since 2022 between French territories to strengthen their cybersecurity, the C-CIRC approach aims to extend this cooperation to the entire Caribbean basinIt should allow for share alerts, coordinate incident responses and pooling skills, while island territories face common constraints, notably the lack of specialists.
Caribbean cooperation funded by Europe
Co-financed to the tune of 2 million euros via the European Regional Development Fund (SPRING)With a total budget of €3 million, the project notably includes a regional cyber threat observatory, a shared database of available expertise and training actionsA strategic roadmap for 2026-2028 must also be developed.
For Aurélie Bitufwila-Yerbé, president of the digital commission of the Guadeloupe RegionThe challenge is to "make our geographical proximity a lever for joint action." A collective challenge for better protect essential services, economic activity and the population facing digital risks. _DR
