A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The XX meeting of the CSTO Consulting Coordination Center Council on Responding to Computer Incidents was held
18.11.2025
On November 18, 2025, Moscow hosted the 20th meeting of the CSTO Consulting Coordination Center Council on Responding to Computer Incidents (CSTO CCC), which was attended by delegations of representatives of the national authorized bodies of the CSTO member states.
The meeting was opened by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, who delivered a welcoming speech to the participants.
During the meeting, participants from the delegations of the CSTO member states discussed current threats to information security and methods of countering them.
The speakers noted a massive increase in the number of attacks using supply chains and counterparties, as well as the intensive involvement of various interacting organizations and structures in carrying them out.
The meeting participants expressed particular concern about threats related to leaks of personal data of individuals and legal entities, as well as attacks through trusted external communication channels that contribute to computer incidents.
During the event, delegates exchanged views on current threats and issues related to the rapid dissemination of information about critical software vulnerabilities to the owners of vulnerable resources and how to respond to them.
They noted the active development of information exchange between specialists at the CSTO CCC contact points and a simultaneous increase in the number of joint events.
They expressed their gratitude to the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic for organizing and hosting the first CSTO International Conference on Cybersecurity in June this year.
