A/77/92 No. 30928, dated 24 October 2019, into the Presidential Decree on P residential Organization No. 1, published in Official Gazette No. 30474, dated 10 July 2018. In this context, various projects related to information and cybersecurity have been conducted, including the Cyber Intelligence Contest and the HackZeugma Capture the Flag competition: • The Cyber Intelligence Contest is a part of training and awareness-activities aimed at increasing the number of individuals with cybersecurity awareness; it has proven very effective in this regard. The Digital Transformation Office organized the second Cyber Intelligence Contest as part of cyberawareness month activities in 2021 • The HackZeugma Capture the Flag competition was organized by the Digital Transformation Office as part of the 2020 Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival. HackZeugma is a competition that opens its doors to thousands of hackers around the world to allow them to demonstrate their talents. The competition is prepared with a special focus on the security of operational technology systems. Furthermore, the 1 Million Employment Project was launched in order to create a qualified workforce in the field of information technologies and to increase employment by bringing the trained workforce together with employers. New features of the Project, which enable employers to scan résumés by registering for free and without conditions, are available. The Project, which is under the ownership of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, aims to make 1 million people ready for employment in the field of information technologies by 2023 and is carried out within the scope of the “National Technology Move” goals in order to achieve digital transformation in our country. The Turkish Cyber Security Cluster is a platform closely followed and supported by the Digital Transformation Office, principally aiming for a Türkiye that produces technology in the field of cybersecurity and is able to compete with the world, in accordance with the missions of building a national cybersecurity ecosystem, developing local and national cybersecurity products and disseminating their usage. Activities conducted by the Cluster include: • Establishing a test and analysis laboratory that provides infrastructure for the testing and development of the sector • Establishing a certification laboratory • Establishing the cybersecurity academy • Organizing national and international activities such as conferences, training, seminars, panels and fairs, and coordinating requests and supplies of internship activities • Supporting the opening of associate degree, undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes. In addition to the above-mentioned efforts, industry standards as an approach to improving cybersecurity among critical infrastructure owners and operators have been established by the Turkish Standards Institution and the Digital Transformation Office. Studies related to International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission standards 27701, 27011, 27017, 27018, 27019, 27031, 27799, 31000 and 62443 have been completed, and standards regarding critical infrastructure have been published by the Turkish Standards Institution. Developing international cooperation, along with national activities, is of great importance given the nature of cybersecurity. With the use of ICT spreading over a 22-08761 25/34