On 24 April 2024, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat consultations of the CSTO member states under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the theme: "On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation" took place.
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
On the XVI Meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Consultative Coordination Centre for Responding to Computer Incidents
24.11.2023
On 13 November 2023, the XVI meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Consultative Coordination Centre for Responding to Computer Incidents (CSTO CCC) was held in Moscow, with the participation of leading experts and representatives of the national authorized bodies for Responding to Computer Incidents of the CSTO member states.
The meeting was opened and addressed by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, who noted the need to step up measures to strengthen cyber security and practical cooperation between the CSTO member states, including with regard to the generalization of incoming information on computer attacks and incidents. The need for constant modernization and profiling of the means of protecting the information networks of the CSTO member states was noted.
During the meeting, members of the CSTO CCC Council, participants in the delegations of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretariat discussed current threats to information security and adequate approaches to identifying and countering them.
Speakers noted an increase in the skills of attackers, a massive increase in the number of attacks using the supply chain, and the intensive involvement of various interacting organizations and structures in carrying them out.
The meeting participants expressed particular concern about the threats posed by the leakage of significant amounts of data of individuals and legal entities.
During the event, delegates exchanged views on modern threats and the challenge of promptly communicating and responding to critical software vulnerabilities to the owners of vulnerable resources.
