A/76/187 • Developed the “Hacker Girls” initiative, whose purpose is to promote and create educational spaces and work opportunities for women by improving their knowledge of matters related to cybersecurity. Through this initiative, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has trained more than 350 women security experts who will form part of a qualified group of first level women digital security experts in Colombia who, in the future, will comprise the “Colombian Hacker Girls Team”, making the country a regional leader in such initiatives. • Hosted dialogues under the auspices of the cybersecurity innovation councils, during which two events led by regional experts and specialists in design thinking were held, with the participation of high-level executives from the public and private sectors, unions and academia, in order to promote innovation, raise awareness among participants and disseminate best practices in cybersecurity in the region. These innovation councils were establish ed under an agreement between the OAS cybersecurity programme and Cisco and their meetings are being held with the support of OAS. With regard to the commitment to collective action in order to make the Internet a safer place and encourage technical assistance from technology companies to protect civilians, given that civilian private property is the main target of attacks, the Government of Colombia, through the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, has implemented the “In ITC I Trust” programme, which fosters the development of digital skills in order to safely address the risks associated with the use of the Internet and ICTs, and promotes Internet use and ownership as an opportunity to create a positive digital footprint. This programme is aimed at females and males between the ages of 6 and 28, and offers differentiated strategies, in virtual and face-to-face work sessions, to help its beneficiaries to develop risk identification skills and promote digital coexistence and activism and t he use of technological tools for advocating common positive causes on the Internet. In addition, the Government of Colombia, through the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, is providing specialized training in information security to public entities that request the support of the computer security incident response team, and is broadening the scope of cybersecurity research and strengthening operational, administrative, human and scientific capacities and physical and technological infrastructure. For example, it has: – Established a guide containing advice and assistance for the implementation of the cross-cutting information security and privacy enabler for entities, anchored in the digital government policy, which is based on: (i) t he information security and privacy model; and (ii) the digital security risk model – guide for risk management and the design of controls for public entities of the administrative department of the civil service. – Established a strategy for ownership of the digital security policy defined through workshops, awareness-raising discussions and the development of interactive tools and training courses. – The Government’s computer security incident response team provides basic proactive and reactive security management services to all State entities by issuing alerts and warnings about threats and vulnerabilities, performing incident treatment, analysis, response and coordination, and improving security awareness, fostering a culture of digital security among all digital security workers and officials. – Through its portfolio of services, the Government’s computer security incident response team has provided assistance and support to State entities in order to 12/46 21-10045