Initiatives

GFCE members and partners can collaborate by putting forward initiatives focusing on global cyber capacity building. The purpose of the GFCE initiatives is to address cyber capacity building challenges by bringing together resources such as knowledge and expertise. Below you can see an overview of GFCE initiatives since 2015.

Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Trends in Africa

The aim of this initiative is to produce a report that collects and presents detailed technical data on Cyber security threats and trends in Africa in partnership with African thought‐leaders. This would assess the major trends in the African region in terms of threats to the cyber domain and the potential impact they could have […]

e-Governance and Cybersecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean

The aim of this initiative is to address the clear gap in the knowledge and awareness of Latin American and the Caribbean countries on the benefits of e-government, and the opportunities it provides to improve the cybersecurity mindset of their governments. The results of the OAS-IDB Report “Cybersecurity Are we ready in Latin America and […]

Gender and Cybersecurity: creating a more inclusive digital world

‘Gender and Cybersecurity’ aims to explore the possible reasons for and solutions to address this gender gap. This initiative will organize forums, panel discussions and workshops to discuss good practices for promoting more inclusive career opportunities in cybersecurity, while exploring avenues for making this field attractive to a more diverse group. Purpose There is a clear […]

GFCE Internet Infrastructure Initiative (Triple-I)

What is Triple-I? The GFCE Triple-I initiative is meant to facilitate awareness raising and capacity building events in different regions of the world in order to enhance justified trust in the use of Internet and/or email in those regions (specific priorities to be determined by stakeholders in the region). The GFCE Triple-I seeks to build […]

GLACY+

The GLACY+ Project is building upon the GLACY project* (2013 – 2016) which supported seven priority countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region in the strengthening of their criminal justice capacities on cybercrime and electronic evidence. GLACY+ aims to extend this experience by enabling GLACY priority countries to serve as hubs and share their knowledge with […]

Global Campaign to Raise Cybersecurity Awareness

This initiative aims to raise awareness of cyber-related threats and best practices worldwide and empower citizens with the knowledge and a sense of shared responsibility to practice safe and informed behaviors on the Internet. By leveraging expertise from international partners in the government, academic, nonprofit and private sectors, this cybersecurity awareness campaign initiative will work […]

International IoT Security Initiative

IoT devices (Internet of Things) are increasingly introduced on the market without a basic security level. As a result, these could lead to vulnerabilities during their unknown lifespan. With this rapid proliferation of IoT, where physical objects are becoming smart and connected, threats are also no longer geographically bound and become more sinister with widespread repercussions for […]

No More Ransom

The No More Ransom portal is a non-commercial initiative by the National High Tech Crime Unit of the Netherlands’ police, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and two cyber security companies – Kaspersky Lab and Intel Security – with the goal to help victims of ransomware retrieve their encrypted data without having to pay the criminals. Mission […]