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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Today we have the opportunity of discussing the last aspect of cybersecurity: Computer Security Incident Response</span><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Teams (CSIRTs)/Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT). CSIRTs/CERTs are responsible for preparing for, detecting, managing and responding to cybersecurity incidents as well as creating consumer awareness.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></span></font></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Global cybersecurity is said to be ‘as strong as the weakest link’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Developing countries particularly in Africa have not sufficiently addressed cybersecurity issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>While some countries have initiated efforts to develop cybersecurity capabilities through the establishment of National CSIRTs/CERTs, the CERT-TCC in Tunisia is the only active national CERT in Africa (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ansi.tn/en/about_cert-tcc.htm"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.ansi.tn/en/about_cert-tcc.htm</font></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">).</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In establishing a National CERT/CSIRT… </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></span></font></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">What elements could be considered to establish trust in this institution thereby encouraging organizations with critical information infrastructure (CII) such as government agencies, banks, educational institutions, water and power companies, etc, to share of cybersecurity incidents?</font></span></li>
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