The third TrustBroker Africa cybersecurity training and CSIRT community-building event will take place at the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja, Nigeria hosted by NgREN, the Nigerian Research and Education Network.

The event is organised in collaboration with the OpenCSIRT Foundation and supported by the AfricaConnect3 project. The training will feature in-depth sessions on the core functions of CSIRTs, including incident handling and coordination of responses to security incidents.

Special sessions will be dedicated to fostering cooperation within the host Nigerian community.

• Date: December 6-8, 2023

• Venue: Boardroom, National Universities Commission (NUC), 26, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja.

• Registration: Apply here

The second TrustBroker Africa cybersecurity training and CSIRT community-building event is organized in collaboration with the Open CSIRT Foundation and Cyber4Dev with the support of the AfricaConnect3 project and hosted by Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) and BwCIRT, the Computer Incident Response Team for Botswana.

The training is based on the well-known TRANSITS I training for new or prospective CSIRT staff and related roles such as communications or legal who need to understand CSIRT activities. It will include a technical introduction module (attack vectors and such), including underground economy aspects.

• Date: November 28 - December 2, 2022

• Venue: BOCRA CIRT Office, Spectrum House, Phakalane, Botswana

• Registration: Apply here

This cybersecurity training and CSIRT community-building event is organized in collaboration with the Open CSIRT Foundation with the support of the AfricaConnect3 project and hosted by TogoRER, the research and education network of Togo and Cyber Defense Africa, the cybersecurity services company mandated by the Togolese Republic to ensure the security of information systems in Togo and beyond its borders.

This foundation CSIRT Training is based on the well-known TRANSITS I training for people new at a CSIRT, for relatively new CSIRTs, and for those around a CSIRT such as communications or legal who need to understand CSIRT activities. business is all about. It's also useful for CSIRT managers and will include a technical introduction module (attack vectors and such), including underground economy aspects.

• Date: October 25 - 29, 2021

• Venue: Ministry of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation

• Registration: Open shortly. If you would like to be notified when this happens, send expression of interest to training@wacren.net

The 6th WACREN annual conference will take place on March 15-19, 2021. It will feature a cybersecurity workshop where TrustBroker Africa will be introduced for the first time.

Join us to discuss the next steps for TBA. More details at https://wacren2021.wacren.net/#1615640287202-5ec3d25b-28bf