On 25 July 2024, staff of the CSTO Secretariat met with graduates of Central Asian universities in the fields of “International relations” and “Regional studies” who are participating in the International School of Diplomacy and are in Moscow at the invitation of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization ‘National Research Institute for the Development of Communications’ and the Centre for International Strategic Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Allow me to thank the Russian presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the invitation to take part in the debate on the interaction between the United Nations and regional organizations - the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO.
I highly appreciate my participation in the meeting of the main body of the World Organization responsible for maintaining global peace and international security. I am convinced that today's debate will contribute to the development of new, additional mechanisms for United Nations cooperation with the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO - the leading regional organizations operating in the Eurasian security space.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the debate on “UN cooperation with regional organizations: the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO” held on 19 July 2024 at the UN Security Council.
Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General, told BELTA news agency correspondent whether the CSTO sought to become a counterweight to NATO, the situation in the East European region of collective security, the role of Belarus in the organization, and what initiative of the President of Belarus had become important and timely for the CSTO.
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.
