LACNIC announces creation of CSIRT

The Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC), announced the creation of its Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT).

CSIRT LACNIC will be a co-ordination hub for cybersecurity incidents in Latin America and the Caribbean and will try to help mitigate their potential effects. It will also work to strengthen regional professionals’ understanding of computer security incidents.

CSIRT LACNIC consolidates the work of LACNIC WARP, which has trained 800 cybersecurity experts across the region, and managed and co-ordinated 600 large-scale computer incidents in Latin America and the Caribbean during its five years of operation.