On September 24, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in a working meeting of the Council of Ministers of the CSTO member states in New York, chaired by the Russian Federation.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a meeting with Acting UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Alexander Zuev.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
From September 22 to 25, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Meetings between Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputies are scheduled. The meetings are expected to address a wide range of current issues, in particular, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
On September 23, Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the traditional annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states, held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the world organization.
The 21st meeting of the Council of the CSTO Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response was held
17.04.2026On 16 April 2026, the 21st meeting of the Council of the CSTO Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response (CCC CSTO) was held in Moscow, with the participation of delegations of representatives of national competent authorities for computer incident response of the Organization’s member states, as well as a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by Umarzoda Umar Safar, Head of the Countering Challenges and Threats Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
During the meeting, chaired by Sergey Korelov, members of the CCC CSTO Council, representatives of the delegations of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretariat discussed current information security threats and methods of countering them.
The speakers noted a significant increase in the number of attacks, in particular those involving the NFCGate malware, as well as a rise in the number of compromised devices during public and political events. An increase in computer incidents related to contractors and counterparties of enterprises was also highlighted. Particular emphasis was placed on the importance of monitoring protected infrastructure for any suspicious activity.
During the event, the participants exchanged views on current threats and on the issue of promptly communicating information on critical software vulnerabilities to the owners of vulnerable resources and responding to them. They noted the active development of information exchange among specialists of the CCC CSTO contact points, the growing number of joint activities, and the increased speed of response to computer incidents.
The participants expressed their appreciation to the Russian side, which is chairing the Organization, for organizing and holding, on the eve of the CCC CSTO Council meeting, the first specialized forum of the State System for Detection, Prevention and Elimination of Consequences of Computer Attacks (GosSOPKA).
