Modern Diplomacy
Published 3 months ago
Serbia performs well across many areas of cybersecurity capacity and has a strong understanding of existing gaps and opportunities for capacity building, according to a new report assessing the country’s cybersecurity. The report, which uses the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM) methodology, developed by the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC) of the University of Oxford, is the first assessment of its kind conducted by the World Bank, with support from the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications.
The assessment found that Serbia has a substantial commitment to addressing the challenges of cybersecurity and highlights the country’s comprehensive cybersecurity policy and legal foundation, which enables Serbia to create protection mechanisms – including the National CERT – that can ensure the resiliency of critical infrastructure across the country. The assessment also revealed that Serbia has substantial capacity to develop cybersecurity expertise – both through professional development and academic channels facilitated by a growing technology industry in the country.